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NADH cytochrome B5 reductase deficiency

A novel L218P mutation in NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase associated with type I recessive congenital methemoglobinemia.

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A novel L218P mutation in NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase associated with type I recessive congenital methemoglobinemia.

Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2009 Jul-Aug;26(5):381-5

Authors: Arikoglu T, Yarali N, Kara A, Bay A, Bozkaya IO, Tunc B, Percy MJ

The presence of central cyanosis that is unrelated to cardiopulmonary causes alerts clinicians to a possible diagnosis of methemoglobinemia. Congenital methemoglobinemia due to deficiency of nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide (NADH)-cytochrome b5 reductase (cb(5)r) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by life long cyanosis. Here we report a six-year old boy who presented with central cyanosis and upon examination revealed a methemoglobin level of 19.0%. Sequencing the CYB5R3 gene identified a homozygous T-->C transition at base c.653, which changed codon 218 from leucine to proline (L218P) in cb(5)r protein. Treatment with ascorbic acid relieved the cyanosis and returned methemoglobin levels to normal.

PMID: 19579085 [PubMed - in process]

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