Favism

Anemia e desaturazione… uno strano caso di favismo

Sarno E, Fabbri E, Saia RE, Pericoli R.

2025/6 — pag. 397-398 — DOI

Methaemoglobinaemia is a rare but significant complication in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. In these individuals, oxidative stress - triggered by infections, drugs, or foods like fava beans - may convert haemoglob...

La rava e la fava

Fiorenza G

2025/4 — pag. 95-95 — DOI

This paper describes the clinical case of a 2-year-and-11-month-old child presenting with vomiting, fever, abdominal pain and macrohematuria, alongside clinical signs of jaundice and acute haemolytic anaemia. Initial blood tests and thorough history ...

Due fratelli con i globuli rossi stressati

Ceratto S, Tognato E, Fiorica L, Enrico G, Cimminelli L, Eshraghy MR, Loperfido B, Pagani A, Bertola A, Militello MA, Spola R, Perona A, Manzoni P

2021/3 — pag. 193-195 — DOI

The paper describes the case of two Caucasian brothers (11 and 12 years old resepctively) who for the first time presented with acute haemolysis due to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. The two brothers showed different severity of sympto...

Due casi di favismo: dalla diagnosi alla gestione

C. Guiducci, A. Fumarola, S. Pusceddu, C. Radice, F. Marchetti

2018/6 — pag. 379-383

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD) is the most common red blood cells enzymopathy that affects 400 million people worldwide and is especially prevalent in areas of high malaria infection. G6PD deficiency has an X-linked recessive m...

Il gene del G6PD, le varianti cliniche e... la minestrina della nonna

M.L. Tortorella, F. Colonna, L. Fanti

2016/8 — pag. 526-528

Un colpo d’occhio… siculo

M.C. Lia, I. Giuseppin, A. Tonetto, P.G. Flora

2015/7

Il deficit di glucosio-6-fosfato deidrogenasi

M. Bramuzzo, S. Lega, I. Bruno

2011/10 — pag. 648-652

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is an X-linked inherited disorder and it is the most common enzymatic defect in the world. G6PD is an enzyme involved in the genesis of NADPH which preserves the cells from oxidative stress. G6PD de...