Possible Mechanisms of Naphthalene Toxicology: Concerning Inherited G6PD Deficiency
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G6PD deficiency.
T HIRTY-FIVE YEARS ago Dr William Dameshek, the first editor of the emerging journal Blood, invited me to write a review on “The Hemolytic Effect of Primaquine.”’ At the time, primaquine sensitivity, which had just recently been shown to be caused by a deficiency of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD); represented a unique example of an inherited deficiency of an enzyme that cau...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Complementary Medicine & Alternative Healthcare
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2572-1232
DOI: 10.19080/jcmah.2018.06.555695