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Case Report

Cerebral air gas embolism from concentrated hydrogen peroxide ingestion

Steven P. Rider University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville Neurology Clinic, Knoxville, Tennessee, USACorrespondence[email protected]
,
Sue B. Jackson Indiana Poison Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
&
Daniel E. Rusyniak Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Pages 815-818 | Received 25 Jul 2007, Accepted 04 Sep 2007, Published online: 02 Dec 2008

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