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Two errors appeared in the article, "Methemoglobinemia in an
Infant -- Wisconsin, 1992." On page 218, the last sentence should
read:
"Nitrate reacts with the oxygen-carrying protein, hemoglobin,
oxidizing it to methemoglobin (Figure 1)." In Figure 1, the bottom
arrow and the compounds NAD+ and NADH are reversed; the correct
figure is printed below.
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