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Tell me about the genetic disorder methemoglobinemia (blue person disease)?

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Abnormal hemoglobin: Methhemoglobin is an abnormal form of hemoglobin, usually due to oxidative damage. Some inherited forms of hemoglobins are more susceptible to such damage and could be said to be due to gene disorder.

Answered 3/30/2017

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