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anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency

anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency

Hemolytic anemia due to the ingestion of fava beans or after inhalation of pollen from the Vicia fava plant by persons with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient erythrocytes.