A Rare but Important Clinical Presentation of Induced Methemoglobinemia
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Section Editor: Rick A. McPheeters, DO Submission history: Submitted March 31, 2016; Revision received April 23, 2016; Accepted June 15, 2016 Electronically published July 19, 2016 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2016.6.30504 [West J Emerg Med. 2016;17(5)627-629.] University of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Irvine, California University of California, San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, Fresno, California University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, California Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois *
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