Two rare case reports of ingestion of ammonium hydroxide and novel study of gastrointestinal toxicity

OBJECTIVE: We report the only two adult cases of NH(4)OH ingestion described in literature at the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital in Sri Lanka. Both cases showed clinical evidence of gastrointestinal toxicity and using intestinal fatty acid binding protein (IFABP), a novel biomarker, we attempted to qu...

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Autores principales: Perananthan, Varan, Wijerathna, Thilini, Nagaratnam, Amitesh, Gawarammana, Indika, Dawson, Andrew, Buckley, Nicholas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6577369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31275581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2018-000259

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6577369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31275581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2018-000259

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