The ascorbate cyanide test and the detection of females heterozygous for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

Deacon-Smith, R.

Medical Laboratory Sciences 39(2): 139-143

1982


ISSN/ISBN: 0308-3616
PMID: 6289033
Document Number: 183052
G6PD[glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase]-deficient red cells develop inclusion bodies during the ascorbate cyanide test while normal red cells do not. It is possible to demonstrate a mixed population of normal and abnormal cells in the majority of females heterozygous for G6PD deficiency.

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