In patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase


In patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, rd blood cells are lysed while other cells remain intact.which statement best explains this:

a. hemoglobin is a catalyst in the production of reactive oxygen species making RBCs especially vulnerable

b. most cell types have more than one pathway for synthesizing NADPH

c. most cell types do not produce reactive oxygen species

d. red blood cells have more receptors for the rugs that produce reactive oxygen species

e. red blog cells do not normally use vitamin E or vitamin C

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