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A case of methemoglobinemia type II due to NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase deficiency: determination of the molecular basis.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2000
Aalfs C M, Salieb-Beugelaar G B, Wanders R J, Mannens M M, Wijburg F A
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Clinical, biochemical and molecular findings in a patient with methemoglobinemia type II are described. Furthermore, a comparison between methemoglobinemia type I and type II, both caused by a deficiency of NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase (b5R), is made. Although the clinical pictures of type I and II are strikingly different, mutations in the diaphorase (DIA1) gene located on chromosome 22 have been described in...
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