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Question :
A 22 year old man comes to the emergency department because of dyspnea, palpitations, and a headache. These symptoms came on soon after he took trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for a urinary tract infection. Laboratory studies show a normochromic, normocytic anemia. A peripheral blood smear reveals Heinz bodies.
Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient's anemia?
a) Lead poisoning
b) Folate deficiency
c) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
d) Hereditary spherocytosis
e) Occult blood loss
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