PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - P Raupp
AU  - J Ali Hassan
AU  - M Varughese
AU  - B Kristiansson
TI  - Henna causes life threatening haemolysis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
AID  - 10.1136/adc.85.5.411
DP  - 2001 Nov 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 411--412
VI  - 85
IP  - 5
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/85/5/411.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/85/5/411.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2001 Nov 01; 85
AB  - Haemolytic crisis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient individuals following topical application of henna occured in four children: a female neonate (haemoglobin 50 g/l, serum bilirubin 700 μmol/l), who recovered after exchange transfusion; a male infant (haemoglobin 28 g/l) who died despite transfusion; and two preschool children (haemoglobin 40 and 41 g/l respectively).