NADH-Methemoglobin Reductase (Cytochrome b5 Reductase) Levels in Two Groups of American Blacks and Whites

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 82-86

  Mansouri, Ali ^a   Nandy, Indrani ^b  

^a OVERTON BROOKS VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cytochrome b5 reductase; Methemoglobin; Methemoglobin reduction

Indexed keywords

PIERINAE;

CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANEMIA; CYTOCHROME-B(5) REDUCTASE; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 0031989030     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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