Death of a young woman with cyclic vomiting: a case report

Ingo von Both1,2, Brittini Santos2
1Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
2Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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