CNN Forensic Files June 28, 2015 05:49:00
>> there was a compound that was very highly elevated in the serum compound called propionic acid. it comes off very close but not identically with ethylene glycol. he and i speculated that that might be the basis of a misidentification that led to the incorrect diagnosis of ethylene glycol poisoning. >> propionic acid is often produced in patients who have mma, the rare genetic illness diagnosed in ryan's brother d.j. the only difference between propionic acid and ethylene glycol is a few carbon atoms. to find out if other labs were capable of misreading propionic acid as ethylene glycol, dr....
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