00753nas a2200157   4500000000100000008004100001100001500042700002100057700001600078700001700094245004000111300001200151490000700163520041100170022001400581       1989                            d1 aSatish D A1 aNagabhushana N R1 aSumathy T K1 aPadmavathy L00aDapsone Induced Methaemoglobinemia.  a123-1250 v553 a<p>A 33 old I female developed methaemoglobinemia manifesting as cyanosis fatigue, malaise and headache 3 weeks after being put on l00 mg of dapsone daily for borderline - tuberculoid leprosy. Similar manifestations develope4 in a 15 year old boy 9 days after he, was put on 50 mg of dapsone daily for suspected indeterminate leprosy. withdrawal of dapsone resulted in reversal of methaemoglobinemia.</p>
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