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. 2024 Jan;59(1):112-113.
doi: 10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2024.23112.

Successful Treatment with Ascorbic Acid in a Case of Methemoglobinemia Due to Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Gülçin Karaçoban  1 , Anar Gurbanov  2 , Hasan Özen  2 , Emrah Gün  2 , Hasan Fatih Çakmaklı  3 , Tanıl Kendirli  2
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Successful Treatment with Ascorbic Acid in a Case of Methemoglobinemia Due to Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Gülçin Karaçoban et al. Turk Arch Pediatr. 2024 Jan.

Abstract

Cite this article as: Karaçoban G, Gurbanov A, Özen H, Gün E, Çakmaklı HF, Kendirli T. Successful treatment with ascorbic acid in a case of methemoglobinemia due to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Turk Arch Pediatr. 2024;59(1):112-113.

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