Rhabdomyolysis in a glue sniffer

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1271, 2008, Pages 70-71

  Karmakar, Gonesh C ^a   Roxburgh, Richard ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; MYOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; SOLVENT; TOLUENE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; GLUE SNIFFING; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; LOOSE FECES; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; VOMITING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ADDICTION; ATAXIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SOLVENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOLUENE;

EID: 42949093212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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