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Cranial Nerve Deficit:A Clue to the Diagnosis of Ethylene Glycol Poisoning
Am J Med 87:91-92, Palmer,B.F.,et al, 1989
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Article Abstract
The hallmarks of ethylene glycol toxicity include acute renal failure,an anion gap acidosis,and calcium oxalate crystalluria.This following report describes two patients who lacked several of these hallmarks;in each case, the diagnoses were delayed until unusual cranial nerve abnormalities occurred.
 
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