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Favism in a female newborn infant whose mother ingested fava beans before delivery

C C Corchia, A A Balata, G F GF Meloni, and T T Meloni

J Pediatr 127(5):2 (1995) PMID 7472841

We describe a case of favism in a female newborn infant with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency whose mother had ingested fava beans 5 days before delivery. At birth there were clinical and hematologic signs of hemolytic anemia, hemoglobinuria, and no blood group immunization. Study of the G6PD activity and 2-deoxy-glucose-6-phosphate utilization rate revealed that the infant and the mother were heterozygous for G6PD deficiency. (J PEDIATR 1995;127:807-8)

DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(95)70178-8
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