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Methemoglobinemia: A Girl with ‘Chocolate Brown’ Colored Blood

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The authors acknowledge gratefully to the PICU team involved in management of the patient.

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    Manas Kumar Mahapatra & Prabhas Prasun Giri

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MKM: Patient management, data collection, analysis, manuscript writing, review of literature; PPG: Patient management, conceptualization, study design, supervised the study, final approval and will act as guarantor of the manuscript.

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Mahapatra, M.K., Giri, P.P. Methemoglobinemia: A Girl with ‘Chocolate Brown’ Colored Blood. Indian J Pediatr 85, 929–930 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-018-2699-8

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