Summary.— The Km of the enzyme glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase for its substrate glucose‐6‐phosphate has been determined in normal human skin and skin from lichen planus patients. There was a clear difference between the 2 groups comparable to that found in congenital erythrocyte glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. The results are discussed in relation to the aetiology and clinical picture of lichen planus.
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Cotton et al. (1972) studied this question.