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Deaths due to hyperglycemic and hyperosmolar coma in diabetics are usually disease-related. In the exceptional case reported here there was evidence for an intentional ingestion of a sugar solution, the person was a diabetic and known to be depressive suggesting a suicidal intention. The autopsy findings were inconspicuous and only further laboratory findings led to the final diagnosis.
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Received: 7 January 1999 / Received in revised form: 10 March 1999
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Banaschak, S., Bajanowski, T. & Brinkmann, B. Suicide of a diabetic by inducing hyperglycemic coma. Int J Leg Med 113, 162–163 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140050289
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140050289