Unexplained drowsiness and progressive visual loss: Methanol poisoning diagnosed at autopsy

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-99

  Weinberg, Laurence ^a,b   Stewart, Jonathan ^a   Wyatt, Jonathan Paul ^a   Mathew, Joseph ^a  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coma; Ethanol; Methanol poisoning

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ALCOHOL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DROWSINESS; EMERGENCY WARD; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHANOL POISONING; MYDRIASIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; METHANOL; SLEEP STAGES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0037297384     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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