Detection of Glucose-Phosphate Isomerase Deficiency by a Screening Procedure

Karl-Georg Blume, Ernest Beutler

Blood · 1972 · 15 citations · 7 references

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Abstract A method for rapid detection of red cell glucose-phosphate isomerase deficiency is described. The procedure is based on the appearance of fluorescence, caused by TPNH, that is generated in the linked glucose-phosphate isomerase/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase reaction.

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