Forensic pathologists are familiar with alcohol abusers, who are found dead and in whom the cause of death cannot be ascertained. In order to examine the possible role of ketoacidosis for the cause of death in this group of alcohol abusers, the concentrations of ketone bodies (acetone, acetoacetate,
Ketoacidosis and lactic acidosis – frequent causes of death in chronic alcoholics?
✍ Scribed by B. Brinkmann; G. Fechner; B. Karger; A. DuChesne
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 102 KB
- Volume
- 111
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0937-9827
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