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SUBMITTER: Kumar N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8478975 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20210928 1
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PDd) is known to suppress the antioxidant system and is likely to aggravate severity of COVID-19, which results in a pro-oxidant response. This possible association has not been explored adequately in human studies. In this research, we report that the occurrence of non-invasive ventilation, intubation or death-all of which are indicative of severe COVID-19, are not significantly different in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with and without G6PDd (4 ...[more]