Ethylene dibromide poisoning with acute renal failure: First reported case with non-fatal outcome

Renal Failure

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-222

  Prakash, M S ^a   Sud, Kamal ^a   Kohli, Harbir S ^a   Jha, Vivekanand ^a   Gupta, Krishan L ^a   Sakhuja, Vinay ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Ethylene di bromide; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIBROMOETHANE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0033034069     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08860229909066986     Document Type: Article

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