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. 2020 Aug 25;5:21. Originally published 2020 Feb 7. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15700.2

Table 2. Scientific findings and technical advancement for the characterisation of women with intermediate G6PD activity.

Reference Year
published
Main findings
Beutler et al. 1955 Development of the GSH test for sensitivity to primaquine
Beutler et al. 1955 Development of the Heinz Bodies test for sensitivity to
primaquine
Alving, et al. 1958 Primaquine associated haemoglobin reduction observed
in individuals with intermediate activity
Childs, et al. 1958
Gross, et al. 1958
Tarlov, et al. 1962
Brewer, et al. 1960 * Development of the methaemoglobin reduction test (MRT)
for sensitivity to primaquine
Stamatoyannopoulos, et al. 1967 Description of the enzymatic phenotypes in small samples
of known G6PD heterozygous females
Panizon, et al. 1970
Rinaldi, et al. 1976
Beutler et al. 1977 Gold standard spectrophotometric assay
Van Noorden, et al. 1985 Description of new or improved cytochemical techniques
for detection of G6PD in erythrocytes
Vives-Corrons, et al. 1986
Vogels, et al. 1986
Fanello, et al. 2008 Dapsone associated haemolysis in G6PD heterozygous
females (no phenotype)
Premji, et al. 2009
Tiono, et al. 2009
Pamba, et al. 2012
Shah, et al. 2012 Development of the cytofluorometric reading of MRT
Chu, et al. 2017 Primaquine and tafenoquine associated haemolysis in
G6PD heterozygous females with intermediate activity
Rueangweerayut, et al. 2017

* For ease of visualization, this article is listed out of chronological order