Methemoglobinemia provoked by malarial chemoprophylaxis in Vietnam

N Engl J Med. 1968 Nov 21;279(21):1127-31. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196811212792102.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials / adverse effects*
  • Chloroquine / administration & dosage
  • Chloroquine / adverse effects
  • Cyanosis / chemically induced
  • Dapsone / administration & dosage
  • Dapsone / adverse effects
  • Diseases in Twins / chemically induced
  • Erythrocytes / enzymology
  • Erythrocytes / metabolism
  • Female
  • Hematocrit
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Lactates / metabolism
  • Malaria / prevention & control*
  • Male
  • Metabolism, Inborn Errors / complications*
  • Metabolism, Inborn Errors / genetics
  • Methemoglobin / analysis
  • Methemoglobinemia / blood
  • Methemoglobinemia / chemically induced*
  • Military Medicine
  • Nucleosides / metabolism
  • Oxidoreductases / blood
  • Pedigree
  • Primaquine / administration & dosage
  • Primaquine / adverse effects
  • Reticulocytes
  • Vietnam

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Lactates
  • Nucleosides
  • Chloroquine
  • Dapsone
  • Methemoglobin
  • Oxidoreductases
  • Primaquine