| Literature DB >> 7202882 |
L F Verdonck, B Sangster, A N van Heijst, G de Groot, R A Maes.
Abstract
A fatal case of lactic acidosis in a 84 year old diabetic woman taking buformin is reported. Buformin concentrations in serum, other body fluids and tissues were measured by gas chromatography. Serum buformin concentration at admission was 5.5 mg/l. Postmortem concentrations were: in serum 3.2 mg/l; in lung 2.8 mg/kg wet weight; in heart 3.0 mg/kg; in pericardial fluid 3.5 mg/l; in liver 5.2 mg/kg; in bile 6.3 mg/l; and in kidney 98 mg/kg.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 7202882 DOI: 10.1007/bf00253815
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diabetologia ISSN: 0012-186X Impact factor: 10.122