Methemoglobinemia in a young man

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-77

  Hamirani, Yasmin S ^a   Franklin, Wayne ^a,b   Grifka, Ronald G ^b,c   Stainback, Raymond F ^a,d  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome reductases blood; Cytochrome B(5) reductase; Diagnosis, differential; Hemoglobin analysis; Methemoglobin; Methemoglobinemia blood diagnosis genetics; NADH, NADPH oxidoreductases blood; Oxygen blood

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; GENE MUTATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OXIMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; CYANOSIS; CYTOCHROME-B(5) REDUCTASE; HUMANS; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MUTATION; OXIMETRY;

EID: 42549172003     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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