Familial congenital methemoglobinemia: report of a case and family study.

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Case Reports1 November 1959FAMILIAL CONGENITAL METHEMOGLOBINEMIA: REPORT OF A CASE AND FAMILY STUDYH. E. DEPREE, M.D., F.A.C.P., M. J. HICKMAN, M.D.H. E. DEPREE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, M. J. HICKMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-5-1078 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFamilial congenital methemoglobinemia is an unusual disease state. A total of somewhat over 100 cases has been reported2 in the literature, and only 13 families where multiple members have the disease (familial form).It is our impression that clinicians in the private practice of medicine often share a feeling that the unusual diseases appear, mostly if not entirely, in the large institutions or centers of medicine. This feeling is gained principally from the reporting of diseases and their incidence in the literature, which must of necessity come out of adequately large series of cases, specialized diagnostic facilities, and other situations...Bibliography1. LeeJolly MHH: Severe congenital methemoglobinaemia in an infant, Lancet 2: 1147 (Dec. 7) 1957. Google Scholar2. Dine MS: Congenital methemoglobinemia in newborn period, Arch. Dis. Childhood 92: 17 (July) 1956. Google Scholar3. BreakyGibsonHarrison VKQHDC: Familial idiopathic methaemoglobinaemia, Lancet 1: 935-938 (Apr. 28) 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. BaikieVoltis AGDJ: Gas transport function of the blood in congenital familial methaemoglobinaemia, Brit. M. J. 2: 73-76 (July 10) 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Cartwright GE, in Harrison's Principles of internal medicine, 2nd Ed., 1954, The Blakiston Company, New York, pp. 1290-1292. Google Scholar6. GasulFellCasasPereiras BMEHRR: Congenital methemoglobinemia simulating tricuspid atresia, J. A. M. A. 149: 258-260 (May 17) 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Korver H: Zyanose durch familiare Methämoglobinämie, Arch. Kinderh. 146: 231, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. Codounis A: Hereditary methaemoglobinaemic cyanosis, Brit. M. J. 2: 368-371 (Aug. 16) 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication January 5, 1959.From the Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, Michigan.Requests for reprints should be addressed to H. E. DePree, M.D., 216 Bronson Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTHE MYELOPROLIFERATIVE SYNDROMES *Classification of Polycythemic Disorders With Comments on the Diagnostic Value of Arterial Blood Oxygen AnalysisJOHN F. MURRAY, M.D.La place actuelle dans la nosologie de la Cyanose Méthémoglobinémique Héréditaire, “C.M.H.”SyncopeSOME LESSONS FROM THE RED BLOOD CELL*†LAWRENCE E. YOUNG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Medical genetics 1959 1 November 1959Volume 51, Issue 5Page: 1078-1084KeywordsAttentionBloodEmotionsGeneticsGratitudeHemoglobinMethemoglobinemiaResearch laboratories Issue Published: 1 November 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...