Delayed sensorimotor neuropathy and renal failure: an additional report in a patient with diethylene glycol poisoning
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Delayed sensorimotor neuropathy and renal failure: an additional report in a patient with diethylene glycol poisoning
Dear Editor, We previously reported a case of delayed autonomic neuropathy in a patient with diethylene glycol (DEG) poisoning, and would like to emphasize two characteristic complications, sensorimotor neuropathy and renal failure, occurring in the same case, because of their severity and possible reversibility. Although once recovered from acute symptoms by day 3, the patient suffered from lo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acute Medicine & Surgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2052-8817
DOI: 10.1002/ams2.285