Cyanosis from methemoglobin in infants.
- Specialty
- Pediatrics
- Subspecialty
- Pediatrics / Neonatology
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: yes, under 6 months
- Gene(s) involved
- CYB5R3, HBB
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Methemoglobinemia in infants
Etiology & mechanism
Nitrate-induced oxidation of hemoglobin.
Gene(s) involved (2)
Symptoms & signs (4)
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Shares symptoms with
2 shared
Infant respiratory distress syndrome
cyanosis, tachypnea
2 shared
Meconium aspiration syndrome
cyanosis, tachypnea
2 shared
Transient tachypnea of the newborn syndrome
cyanosis, tachypnea
1 shared
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
tachypnea
1 shared
Central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome
cyanosis
1 shared
Cyclic vomiting syndrome
lethargy
1 shared
Eisenmenger syndrome
cyanosis
1 shared
Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome
lethargy
1 shared
Hepatopulmonary syndrome
cyanosis
1 shared
Heterotaxy syndrome
cyanosis
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