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A Case of Congenital Methemoglobinemia: Rare but Real
Methemoglobin (MetHb) is a form of hemoglobin in which iron in Hb is in an oxidized form (ferric) instead of ferrous, making it difficult to bind with oxygen. Usually, MetHb is present in small quantities (<1%) in humans, but once MetHb increases beyond 3%, the condition is known as methemoglobin...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9110037/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35592205 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24152 |