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ArticlesCritical Care

Ethylene glycol poisoning presenting with a falsely elevated lactate level

Sandra Verelst Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pieter Vermeersch Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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Koen Desmet Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
Pages 236-238 | Received 19 Jun 2008, Accepted 26 Aug 2008, Published online: 07 Apr 2009

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