Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence
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Pajoumand Abdolkarim

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• Research Article
  Prognostic Factors Including Clinical Manifestation and Paraclinic Finding in Sever Methanol Toxicity
  Author(s): Pajoumand AbdolkarimPajoumand Abdolkarim
  
  Objective: Ingested methanol (a toxic alcohol) undergoes enzymatic oxidation to toxic formic acid, resulting in acidosis and formaldehyde which resulted in neurotoxicity specifically optic neuritis and blindness and death in severe poisoning. According to Iranian law, selling, buying and consumption of alcoholic beverages is a punishable crime and people who wish to drink alcohol use industrial or homemade ethanol. Due to depressant effects of methanol on the central nervous system, the objective of this study was to assess the pathologic findings on brain CT scan in methanol poisoned patients beside of their clinical information. Material and method: This prospective study was from Jan 2013 to May 2013. All 20 methanol poisoned patients examined and questionnaires were filled by physician. Brain CT scans without contrast medium were obtained... View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-6488.1000125

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