| Literature DB >> 7377741 |
E Simpson, L G Rao, R M Evans, W Wilkie, J C Rodger, A Lakhani.
Abstract
A patient was admitted to a district general hospital within an hour of ingesting a fatal dose of sodium fluoride. The results of laboratory investigations, together with some in vitro findings, support the hypothesis that the hypocalcaemia of fluoride poisoning is the result of fluorapatite formation and not calcium fluoride precipitation, and that its persistence reflects the severity of the calcium deficit and not an inhibitoin of normal homeostatic mechanisms. It is suggested that the role of renal clearance of fluoride may be more important than had been realised hitherto.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7377741 DOI: 10.1177/000456328001700102
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Clin Biochem ISSN: 0004-5632 Impact factor: 2.057