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The mystery of ‘saturation gap’: a case of dapsone-induced methaemoglobinemia in a pregnant mother with leprosy

Limited data regarding methemoglobinemia in pregnancy, particularly secondary to dapsone is available up to date. We report a case of dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia in a pregnant mother with multibacillary leprosy who presented with fever, productive cough and cyanosis of 2 days duration 2 weeks...

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Autores principales: Tang, Andy Sing Ong, Yeo, Siaw Tze, Teh, Yeon Chiat, Kho, Wee Meng, Chew, Lee Ping, Muniandy, Pubalan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6345088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30697428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omy111