An improved, simple screening method for detection of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 569-574

  Tantular, Indah S ^a,b   Kawamoto, Fumihiko ^b  

^a AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

A new G6PD assay; G6PD deficiency; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; NADPH; Qualitative and quantitative assay; Screening method

Indexed keywords

1 METHOXYPHENAZINE METHOSULFATE; 2 (2 METHOXY 4 NITROPHENYL) 3 (4 NITROPHENYL) 5 (2,4 DISULFOPHENYL) 2H TETRAZOLIUM SODIUM; 3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYL 2H TETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; FORMAZAN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROGEN; PHENAZINE METHOSULFATE; REAGENT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HEALTH MONITORING; METHODOLOGY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MICROPIPETTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUNLIGHT;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; COLOR; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MASS SCREENING; METHYLPHENAZONIUM METHOSULFATE; NADP; SUNLIGHT; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS;

EID: 0038311605     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01055.x     Document Type: Article

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