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A Report of Unusually High Blood Ethanol and Acetaldehyde Levels in Two Surviving Patients
Author(s) -
Watanabe Akiharu,
Kobayashi Michio,
Hobara Norio,
Nakatsukasa Harushige,
Nagashima Hideo,
Fujimoto Akira
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1985.tb05040.x
Subject(s) - acetaldehyde , ethanol , medicine , physiology , chemistry , biochemistry
Two men with unusueity high blood acetaJdehyde levels of 750 and 2410 Mfl/dl presented only mMd symptomatology. Their blood ethanol levels, 730 and 1121 mg/dl, were also extraordinarily high. However, Iver function tests demonstrated no abnormalities.