METHEMOGLOBINEMIA TYPE IV
General Information (adopted from Orphanet):
Synonyms, Signs: |
METHEMOGLOBINEMIA DUE TO DEFICIENCY OF CYTOCHROME b5 |
Number of Symptoms | 9 |
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OMIM Id: |
250790
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Prevalence, inheritance and age of onset:
Prevalence: | No data available. |
Inheritance: |
Autosomal recessive inheritance [Omim] |
Age of onset: |
Infantile onset [Omim] |
Disease classification (adopted from Orphanet):
Parent Diseases: | No data available. |
Symptom Information:
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(HPO:0000037) | Male pseudohermaphroditism | 25 / 7739 | ||||
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(HPO:0000961) | Cyanosis | 60 / 7739 | ||||
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(HPO:0012119) | Methemoglobinemia | 5 / 7739 | ||||
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(HPO:0001939) | Abnormality of metabolism/homeostasis | 328 / 7739 | ||||
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(HPO:0003593) | Infantile onset | 249 / 7739 | ||||
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(OMIM) | Decreased levels of erythrocyte cytochrome B5 | 1 / 7739 | ||||
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(OMIM) | Cyanosis due to methemoglobinemia | 1 / 7739 | ||||
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(OMIM) | Methemoglobin concentration 12 to 19% | 1 / 7739 | ||||
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(HPO:0000007) | Autosomal recessive inheritance | 2538 / 7739 |
Associated genes:
ClinVar (via SNiPA)
Gene symbol | Variation | Clinical significance | Reference |
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Additional Information:
Clinical Description OMIM |
Hegesh et al. (1986) described the highly instructive case of a female Yemenite Jewish baby who turned blue at 7 days of age and was persistently cyanotic for her 26 years to the time of report. There were ... |
Molecular genetics OMIM |
In a patient with type IV hereditary methemoglobinemia originally reported by Hegesh et al. (1986), Steggles et al. (1992) identified a homozygous splice site mutation in the CYB5A gene (613218.0001), resulting in premature termination of the protein. ... |