Nitrite-induced methaemoglobinaemia
Open Access
- 1 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 63 (742) , 643-644
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.63.742.643
Abstract
Summary: 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.Keywords
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