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. 2024 Aug 29;15:395–405. doi: 10.2147/JBM.S468072

Table 1.

Causes of Congenital Methemoglobinemia

Autosomal Recessive Autosomal Dominant
Cytochrome b5 reductase (CYB5R)deficiency (Congenital Methemoglobinemia) Hemoglobin M disease
Subtypes:
  1. Congenital Methemoglobinemia Type I (enzyme defect in erythrocytes)

  2. Congenital Methemoglobinemia Type II (enzyme defect in all cells)

Subtypes:
  1. Boston

  2. Fort Ripley

  3. Hyde Park

  4. Iwate

  5. Kankakee

  6. Osaka

  7. Saskatoon