Sujith Kumar S Author
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Affiliation
Obesity, Traumatic brain injury
Department of Medicine, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
I am Sujith Kumar S, belonging to Department of Medicine, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, interested in the field of Traumatic brain injury.
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Author(s): Denesh Narasimhan, Sujith Kumar S, Murali A, Satish M and Anith Kumar Mambatta
Acute Intravascular Hemolysis Triggered by Herbal Remedy
Red blood cells (RBC) have several protective mechanisms to prevent oxidative stress. One such mechanism is the Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase enzyme (G6PD). G6PD deficiency is the most common enzyme deficiency in the world. 7.5% of the world’s population have either one or two gene mutations for G6PD deficiency. Since the gene for the enzyme is located on the X chromosome in the long arm, males are generally heterozygous and women can be normal, heterozygous or homozygous.
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