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Clinical, metabolic, and genetic characterization of hereditary methemoglobinemia caused by cytochrome b5 reductase deficiency in cats.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine - 1 Nov 2019
Jaffey Jared A, Reading N Scott, Giger Urs, Abdulmalik Osheiza, Buckley Ruben M, Johnstone Sophie, Lyons Leslie A
Abstract excerpt
Two non-pedigreed male castrated cats had persistent cyanosis over a 3-year observation period. Clinical cardiopulmonary evaluations did not reveal abnormalities, but the blood remained dark after exposure to air. Erythrocytic methemoglobin concentrations were high (~40% of hemoglobin) and cytochrome b5 reductase (CYB5R) activities in erythrocytes were low (≤15% of control). One cat remained intolerant of...
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