Homicidal ethylene glycol intoxication: A report of a case

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-155

  Armstrong, Erica J ^a   Engelhart, David A ^a   Jenkins, Amanda J ^a   Balraj, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a Office of the Cuyahoga County Coroner   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene glycol; Homicide; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; METFORMIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN TOXICITY; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; VITREOUS BODY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33748497068     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000203221.17854.38     Document Type: Article

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