@article{2987073,
    title = "Possible incompatibility of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and championship athletic performance",
    author = "Petrakis, N.L. and Petrakis, S.J. and Wiesenfeld, S.L. and Spanidou, E.",
    journal = "MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE",
    year = "1974",
    volume = "6",
    number = "3",
    pages = "191-192",
    issn = "0195-9131",
    doi = "10.1249/00005768-197423000-00013",
    keywords = "glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase, athlete;  athletic performance;  erythrocyte;  exercise;  sickle cell anemia;  sickle cell trait;  sport, Adolescent;  Adult;  Comparative Study;  Electrophoresis;  Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency;  Greece;  Hemoglobins;  Human;  Male;  Negroid Race;  Sickle Cell Trait;  Sports Medicine;  United States",
    abstract = "Champion track and football Negro male athletes were tested for G-G-PD deficiency and sickle cell trait to evaluate the hypothesis that these traits may ad-versely affect athletic performance. A marked negative as-sociation was found ¦with G-6-PD deficiency, suggesting that this trait may not be compatible with the attainment of superior athletic status. © 1974 The American College of Sports Medicine."
}