Drug-induced methaemoglobinaemia presenting with angina following the use of dapsone

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 327-328

  Salamat, A ^a   Watson, H G ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dapsone; Drug induced; Idiopathic thrombocytopenia; Ischaemic heart disease; Methaemoglobinaemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DAPSONE; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; OXYGEN; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; DAPSONE; HUMANS; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; METHYLENE BLUE;

EID: 0141751595     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.2003.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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