Deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

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CSP: common hereditary enzyme deficiency causing varying degrees of hemolytic anemia; can cause favism, some drug induced hemolytic anemias, and chronic nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia.,NCI: An X-linked recessive inherited disorder caused by mutations in the G6PD gene. It is characterized by the absence or presence of very low levels of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Patients develop hemolytic anemia usually in response to infection or exposure to drugs.

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