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Review
. 2016 Apr;38(3):173-5.
doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000489.

Hemoglobin M Disease as a Cause of Cyanosis in a Newborn

Almudena Alonso-Ojembarrena  1 , Simón P Lubián-López
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Hemoglobin M Disease as a Cause of Cyanosis in a Newborn

Almudena Alonso-Ojembarrena et al. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2016 Apr.

Abstract

Methemoglobinemia, including the inherited or congenital form, is a known but infrequent cause of neonatal cyanosis. We present the case of a newborn patient with neonatal cyanosis, who was diagnosed with F-M-Osaka methemoglobinemia, and an up-to-date literature review of the disease.

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