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Four new mutations in the NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase gene from patients with recessive congenital methemoglobinemia type II.
Blood - 15 Apr 1995
Vieira L M, Kaplan J C, Kahn A, Leroux A
Abstract excerpt
Recessive congenital methemoglobinemia (RCM) due to NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase (cytb5r) deficiency leads to two different types of diseases. In the type I form, cyanosis is the only symptom, and the soluble enzyme is defective in red blood cells. In the type II form, cyanosis is associated with severe mental retardation and neurologic impairment; the enzymatic defect is systemic, involving both soluble and...
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