Letter to the Editor
Exchange transfusion as treatment for rasburicase induced methemoglobinemia in a glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient patient
Priya Bhat MD,
Priya Bhat MD
Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Health Services, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Search for more papers by this author India Sisler MD,
India Sisler MD
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
Search for more papers by this author Anderson B. Collier III MD,
Corresponding Author
Anderson B. Collier III MD
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2220 Pierce Ave, 397 PRB, Nashville, TN 37232-6310.===
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Priya Bhat MD,
Priya Bhat MD
Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Health Services, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Search for more papers by this author India Sisler MD,
India Sisler MD
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
Search for more papers by this author Anderson B. Collier III MD,
Corresponding Author
Anderson B. Collier III MD
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2220 Pierce Ave, 397 PRB, Nashville, TN 37232-6310.===
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First published: 16 June 2008
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