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Favism and Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

2018; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 378; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejmra1708111

ISSN

1533-4406

Autores

Lucio Luzzatto, Paolo Arese,

Tópico(s)

Methemoglobinemia and Tumor Lysis Syndrome

Resumo

When persons with G6PD deficiency eat fava beans, acute hemolytic anemia may develop. It is caused by the generation of free radicals from the metabolism of glucosides in the beans. The free radicals damage red cells, resulting in intravascular and extravascular lysis.

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