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Case Reports
. 1979 Jul;54(7):551-3.
doi: 10.1136/adc.54.7.551.

Water intoxication by the oral route in an infant

A Etzioni, A Benderley, Y Levi
Case Reports

Water intoxication by the oral route in an infant

A Etzioni et al. Arch Dis Child. 1979 Jul.

Abstract

Symptomatic water intoxication is common when hypo-osmolar fluids are given therapeutically, usually intravenously, but it is rare after drinking voluntarily (Wynn and Rob, 1954). We report a case of water intoxication caused by voluntary drinking in an infant.

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