Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase occurrence

An interesting role of acid phosphatase alleles on an unusual condition in man has recently been reported by Bottini et al. (B27). It has long been appreciated that subjects with erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency may have a severe hemolytic crisis after ingestion of fava beans. Although this deficiency is a necessary condition for the occurrence of hemolytic episodes, not all, indeed only... 

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