Cytochrome b5 deficiency
Cytochrome b5 deficiency | |
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Specialty | Endocrinology |
Cytochrome b5 deficiency is a rare condition and form of
biological role of cytochrome b5 is reduction of methemoglobin, so cytochrome b5 deficiency can also result in elevated methemoglobin levels and/or methemoglobinemia, similarly to deficiency of cytochrome b5 reductase (methemoglobin reductase).[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4557-5973-6.
- S2CID 221426714.
- PMID 3748110.
External links
- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM): 250790 – Methemoglobinemia due to deficiency of cytochrome b5