Is osmol gap an effective screen in accurate prediction of toxic volatiles?

John Krahn1, Anna Khajuria

  • 1Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, Canada. john.krahn@usask.ca

Clinical Laboratory
|July 16, 2011
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