Article
New variant of cytochrome b5 reductase deficiency (b5RKurashiki) in red cells, platelets, lymphocytes, and cultured fibroblasts with congenital methemoglobinemia, mental and neurological retardation, and skeletal anomalies.
American journal of hematology - 1 Aug 1992
Yawata Y, Ding L, Tanishima K, Tomoda A
Abstract excerpt
A Japanese man with cytochrome b5 reductase (b5R) deficiency in various blood cell lineages (red cells, platelets, and lymphocytes) and in cultured fibroblasts demonstrated congenital methemoglobinemia associated with mental and neurological retardation, and various skeletal anomalies, such as spondylosis deformans and finger joint deformations, which have never been described in association with this enzyme...
Topics
- Adult
- Blood Platelets
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytochrome Reductases
- Cytochrome-B(5) Reductase
- Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Erythrocytes
- Fibroblasts
- Finger Joint
