- A Case of Hair Neutralizer Induced Non-oliguric Acute Renal Failure
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Ah Jin Kim, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jun Seok Park, Dong Wun Shin
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J Korean Soc Clin Toxicol. 2005;3(2):119-121. Published online December 31, 2005
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- Sodium bromate or potassium bromate has been used as hair cold neutralizer. Sodium bromate intoxications occurred in children incidentally early days of marketing, but recently in adult suicidally. This chemical intoxication result in renal failure, ototoxicity, neurotoxicity, hemolytic anemia and so on. We experienced a 39-year-old woman of hairdresser with non-oliguric acute renal failure after ingestion hair neutralizer 500 ml. She received hemodialysis 3 times and discharged without complication on 8th admission days.
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