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METHEMOGLOBIN

Message
Patient must come to Augusta Health Main Lab in Fishersville, VA for specimen collection.


Test Code
METH


Preferred Specimen
DARK GREEN SODIUM HEPARIN TUBE


Transport Container
Ice


Clinical Significance
Methemoblobin is hemoglobin in which the iron in the heme group is in the ferric state (Fe3+) which cannot bind oxygen.  A trace amount is normally found in human serum; elevated levels are seen in a variety of inborn errors of metabolism, and exposure to various environmental and pharmaceutical compounds.




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