Sulfhemoglobinemia after dermal application of DMSO

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-89

  Burgess, Jefferey L ^a   Hamner, Albert P ^b   Robertson, William O ^a  

^a Washington Poison Center   (United States)

^b Kadlec Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; METHYLENE BLUE; SULFHEMOGLOBIN; SULFHEMOGLOBINEMIA;

EID: 0031894209     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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