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Methaemoglobinaemia

Methaemoglobinaemia: Introduction

Methaemoglobinaemia: The presence of methaemoglin in the a persons blood. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Methaemoglobinaemia is available below.

Symptoms of Methaemoglobinaemia

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Methaemoglobinaemia: Complications

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Misdiagnosis and Methaemoglobinaemia

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Causes of Methaemoglobinaemia

• NADH-dependent methemoglobin reductase deficiency
• Primaquine
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Clinical Trials for Methaemoglobinaemia

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Methaemoglobinaemia include:

• Nitrite Infusion in Healthy Volunteers - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Sodium Nitrite
• Early Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Respiratory Failure in Newborns - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Inhaled Nitric Oxide
• Inhaled Nitric Oxide Study for Respiratory Failure in Newborns - This study has been terminated (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Inhaled nitric oxide
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Definitions of Methaemoglobinaemia:

The presence of methemoglobin in the blood, resulting in cyanosis. A small amount of methemoglobin is present in the blood normally, but injury or toxic agents convert a larger proportion of hemoglobin into methemoglobin, which does not function reversibly as an oxygen carrier. Methemoglobinemia may be due to a defect in the enzyme NADH methemoglobin reductase (an autosomal recessive trait) or to an abnormality in hemoglobin M (an autosomal dominant trait). (Dorland, 27th ed) - (Source - Diseases Database)

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