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Case Reports
. 1987 Aug;63(742):643-4.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.63.742.643.

Nitrite-induced methaemoglobinaemia

T Walley  1 , M Flanagan
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Case Reports

Nitrite-induced methaemoglobinaemia

T Walley et al. Postgrad Med J. 1987 Aug.

Abstract

Three patients developed methaemoglobinaemia after eating meat contaminated with excessive nitrites. Diagnosis was delayed in the first two mild cases but was promptly made in the third most severely affected case.

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