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Early diagnosis of Armanni–Ebstein phenomenon at autopsy

Authors: Chong Zhou, John D. Gilbert, Roger W. Byard

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 2/2010

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A 41-year-old woman with a past history of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, intravenous drug use and asthma was found collapsed and unresponsive at her home address. Her history also included previous hospital admissions with diabetic ketoacidosis. She was conveyed by ambulance to hospital, where she was found to be unconscious, hypotensive and acidotic with a markedly elevated blood glucose level. Resuscitative efforts were unsuccessful. …

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Title: Early diagnosis of Armanni–Ebstein phenomenon at autopsy
Authors: Chong Zhou
John D. Gilbert
Roger W. Byard
Publication date: 01-06-2010
Publisher: Humana Press Inc
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-009-9140-6

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