- hereditary methemoglobinemic cyanosis
- cyanosis caused by a structural variant in the hemoglobin molecule, such as an M hemoglobin; see methemoglobinemia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
hereditary methemoglobinemic cyanosis
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