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A belated diagnosis of G6PD deficiency in an 81-year-old woman

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  1. Département d’Hématologie et d’Immunologie Biologiques, APHP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, UPEC, INSERM U955, F-94010, Créteil, France

    Violaine Tran Quang, Sihem Tarfi & Orianne Wagner-Ballon

  2. Inserm U955, Université Paris-Est, F-94100, Créteil, France

    Sihem Tarfi & Orianne Wagner-Ballon

  3. Service de Médecine interne, APHP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, F-94010, Créteil, France

    Valentine Loustau & Marc Michel

  4. Département de Biochimie-Pharmacologie, Biologie moléculaire, Génétique médicale, APHP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, F-94010, Créteil, France

    Stéphane Moutereau

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V.T. collected the information, took pictures, and helped writing the article.

S.T. wrote the article.

O.W.B. prepared the figure and reviewed the article.

V.L. managed the patient.

S.M. performed enzymatic activity assessment.

M.M managed the patient and helped writing the article.

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Correspondence to Orianne Wagner-Ballon.

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Tran Quang, V., Tarfi, S., Loustau, V. et al. A belated diagnosis of G6PD deficiency in an 81-year-old woman. Ann Hematol 100, 1901–1902 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-021-04437-8

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