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. 2025 Jan 24;63(6):e160-e163.
doi: 10.1515/cclm-2024-1298. Print 2025 May 26.

Failing methemoglobin blood gas analyses in a sodium nitrite intoxication

Jasper Van Heuverswyn  1 , Nico Callewaert  2 , Kathleen Croes  2 , Cathelijne Lyphout  3 , Stijn Lambrecht  1 , Nick Verougstraete  1
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Failing methemoglobin blood gas analyses in a sodium nitrite intoxication

Jasper Van Heuverswyn et al. Clin Chem Lab Med. .
No abstract available

Keywords: blood gas analysis; methemoglobinemia; sodium nitrite.

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