Acute haemolytic episodes & fava bean consumption in G6PD deficient Iraqis.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
The relation between fava bean ingestion and the occurrence of a haemolytic episode was studied in 102 glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenate (G6PD) deficient Iraqi patients. None of the patients (mean age 12.8 yr) had a documented similar illness earlier, although all of them gave history of reported regular fava bean ingestion in the past. Further, none of the three patients who were rechallenged (2-3 months later) by the beans developed any clinical or laboratory evidence of haemolysis. The incidence of the haemolytic episodes was found to peak in April, while the fava bean season extends from February to June. This study thus does not support a causal relation between the bean ingestion and the haemolytic episodes in G6PD deficient Iraqis. Possibly, some other factor such as a viral infection may be involved.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Plants, Medicinal
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Seasons
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Time Factors
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Incidence
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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