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Water intoxication by the oral route in an infant.
  1. A Etzioni,
  2. A Benderley,
  3. Y Levi

    Abstract

    Symptomatic water intoxication is common when hypo-osmolar fluids are given therapeutically, usually intravenously, but it is rare after drinking voluntarily (Wynn and Rob, 1954). We report a case of water intoxication caused by voluntary drinking in an infant.

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.54.7.551

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