Major ketogenesis and the absence of an osmolar gap in an atypical case of alcoholic ketoacidosis

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 424-426

  Renom, G ^a   Maisonneuve, N ^b   Kim, I ^a   Dehon, B ^a   Azar, R ^b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETONE BODY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM OSMOLARITY;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETONE BODIES; KETOSIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

EID: 0037667116     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456303766477110     Document Type: Article

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