Nitrite-induced methaemoglobinaemia.
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.
Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
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Walley
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Flanagan
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005520:Food Preservatives / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D008708:Methemoglobinemia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D009573:Nitrites / Q000009:adverse effects*
D005520:Food Preservatives; D009573:Nitrites