An inherited metabolic disorder presenting as ethylene glycol intoxication in a young adult

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 96-100

  Pien, Karen ^a   Van Vlem, Bruno ^a   Van Coster, Rudy ^a   Dacremont, Georges ^a   Piette, Michel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethylene glycol; Forensic implications; Glycolic acid; Inborn error of metabolism; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEHYDRATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; METABOLIC DISORDER; NAUSEA; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; VOMITING;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ADULT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; POISONING;

EID: 0036125582     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200203000-00020     Document Type: Article

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