Oxalate-crystals in different tissues following intoxication with ethylene glycol: Three case reports

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Wollersen, Heike ^a   Erdmann, Freidoon ^a   Risse, Manfred ^a   Dettmeyer, Reinhard ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethylene glycol; Histology; Intoxication; Oxalate crystals

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; OXALIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIALYSIS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESUSCITATION; SEIZURE; STAINING; SUICIDE; TISSUE LEVEL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; CALCIUM OXALATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE;

EID: 67349185032     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.01.098     Document Type: Article

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