Methemoglobinemia in a newborn: A case report

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-254

  Bayat, Ali ^a   Kosinski, Ronald W ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Children's Medical Center   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lidocaine; Methe moglobine mia; Natal tooth

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIDOCAINE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NATAL TEETH; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 79959282922     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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