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Enzyme or protein defect

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

Accumulates or becomes deficient

Low NADPH and GSH

Key features

Episodic haemolysis with oxidants (primaquine, sulfonamides, nitrofurantoin, dapsone, fava beans, infection); Heinz bodies, bite cells

Management

Avoid oxidant triggers

Not clinical guidance. Written from standard clinical biochemistry, not from the uploaded documents, and marked unreviewed. Teaching-level reference for study and database seeding only. It must not be used to manage a patient.

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