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Currently we have a screening test for G6PD deficiency. It is called methemoglobin reduction test (MRT), it is not expensive and it uses cord blood of neonates to check for the enzyme deficiency. Even though it has low sensitivity around 65%, it does have acceptable specificity arounf 90%. | Currently we have a screening test for G6PD deficiency. It is called methemoglobin reduction test (MRT), it is not expensive and it uses cord blood of neonates to check for the enzyme deficiency. Even though it has low sensitivity around 65%, it does have acceptable specificity arounf 90%. | ||
<ref | <ref name="PMID: 11529386">{{cite journal |author=Sanpavat S1, Nuchprayoon I, Kittikalayawong A, Ungbumnet W. ''et al.'' |title=The value of methemoglobin reduction test as a screening test for neonatal glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. |J Med Assoc Thai. 2001 Jun;84 Suppl 1:S91-8. |url=}}</ref> | ||
[[Category:Hematology]] | [[Category:Hematology]] | ||
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Screening
Currently we have a screening test for G6PD deficiency. It is called methemoglobin reduction test (MRT), it is not expensive and it uses cord blood of neonates to check for the enzyme deficiency. Even though it has low sensitivity around 65%, it does have acceptable specificity arounf 90%.