Acute Ethylene Glycol Intoxication. Part I. Pathophysiology and Clinical Stages

Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1014-1023

  Gaynor, Alison R ^a,b,d   Dhupa, Nishi ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Angell Memorial Animal Hospital   (United States)

^d AMER COLL OF VET INT MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Amer Coll Vet and Critical Care   (United States)

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