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Severe Methemoglobinemia Secondary to Ferula asafoetida Ingestion in an Infant: A Case Report

Methemoglobinemia is an increase in the methemoglobin levels in the blood. Infants are more susceptible to develop secondary methemoglobinemia because of the limited activity of methemoglobin reductase B enzyme. We report a case of life-threatening methemoglobinemia secondary to ingestion of Ferula...

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Autores principales: Al-Qahtani, Saleh, Abusham, Sara, Alhelali, Ibrahim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6945318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31929780
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sjmms.sjmms_5_18