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Case Reports
. 1990 Oct 15;45(20):627-9.

[Ethylene glycol poisoning--a case report]

[Article in German]
E A Lux  1
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  • PMID: 2129178
Case Reports

[Ethylene glycol poisoning--a case report]

[Article in German]
E A Lux. Z Gesamte Inn Med. .

Abstract

In a female alcoholic the fatal results of an ethylene glycol intoxication is described. The alcoholic had drunk circa 200ml of ethylene glycol (freezing preventive remedy glysantin) as a substitute. Despite early beginning intensive-medical care the fatal course could not be prevented. It is referred to the therapy by means of 4-methyl pyrazol which prevents the intoxication of ethylene glycol, whereby this substance in an effective inhibitor of the alcohol dehydrogenase.

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