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Potassium permanganate ingestion as a suicide attempt

Potassium permanganate is a highly corrosive, water-soluble oxidizing antiseptic. A 68-year-old female patient was admitted to our Emergency Department after ingestion of 3 tablets of 250 mg potassium permanganate as a suicide attempt. The physical exam revealed brown stained lesions in the orophary...

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Autores principales: Cevik, Sebnem Eren, Yesil, Onur, Ozturk, Tuba Cimilli, Guneysel, Ozlem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765431
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e32