THE several rare familial disorders constituting the "congenital methemoglobinemias" arise from either of two kinds of inborn errors of metabolism. One kind, accounting for the hemoglobin-M group, ...

Investigation of the electrophoretic characteristics of NADH methemoglobin reductase in five unrelated families with a deficiency of this enzyme showed three different types of enzyme patterns: total ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Figure 1: EPR of methemoglobin–nitrite under different conditions. The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. The ...

Methemoglobinemia is a rare condition where red blood cells can't carry oxygen well. Symptoms can be mild to severe, and treatments include methylene blue and vitamin C infusions. Congenital and ...

Cyanide binds to the ferric ion on cytochrome oxidase and abruptly halts the electron transport chain and aerobic respiration, producing profound toxic effects. Cyanide also preferentially binds to ...

The sulfone antibiotic dapsone, at prophylactic doses, can be associated with the development of methemoglobinemia and hemolytic anemia in patients with and without glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase ...