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Gibson's syndrome
Also known as:
Gibson's disease
Gibson's methemoglobinaemia
Associated persons:
Quentin Howieson Gibson
Sape Talma
Description:
A hereditary haematological disease in which haemoglobin is rendered unable to bind with oxygen, causing dyspnoea and fatigue after physical exertion. Inheritance is autosomal recessive. It is a congenital variant of Stokvis-Talma syndrome.
Bibliography:
- Q. H. Gibson:
The reduction of methemoglobin in red blood cells and studies on the cause of idiopathic methaemoglobinemia.
Biochemical Journal, London, 1948, 42: 13-33.
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