Hemoglobin FM-Fort Ripley: another lesson from the neonate

In this issue of Pediatrics, Priest and co-workers have described a new fetal hemoglobin abnormality (Hb FM-Fort Ripley) which causes neonatal methemoglobinemia. Methemoglobin is the form of hemoglobin in which iron is oxidized (Fe3+) instead of reduced (Fe2+), and in this state hemoglobin does not...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatrics (Evanston) 1989-05, Vol.83 (5), p.792-793
1. Verfasser:	GLADER, B. E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anemias. Hemoglobinopathies Biological and medical sciences Diseases of red blood cells Fetal Hemoglobin - analysis Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases Hemoglobin M - analysis Hemoglobins, Abnormal - analysis Humans Infant, Newborn Medical sciences Methemoglobinemia - blood
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