Severe glycerol intoxication after Menière's disease diagnostic case report and overview of kinetic data

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 312-316

  Andresen, Hilke ^a   Bingel, Ulrike ^a   Streichert, Thomas ^a   Schmoldt, Achim ^a   Zoerner, Alexander Andreas ^b   Tsikas, Dimitrios ^b   Just, Ingo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Glycerol; Intoxication; Kinetics; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG INTOXICATION; GLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; TOXICOKINETICS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; AUDIOMETRY; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; INTOXICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; OVERDOSE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 67649237661     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650902849123     Document Type: Article

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