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Postgrad Med J. 1987 Aug;63(742):643-4. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.63.742.643.

Nitrite-induced methaemoglobinaemia.

Postgraduate medical journal

T Walley, M Flanagan

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  1. Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

PMID: 3422863 PMCID: PMC2428411 DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.63.742.643
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Abstract

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.

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