Bismuth subsalicylate toxicity as a cause of prolonged encephalopathy with myoclonus

Movement Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 220-222

  Gordon, Mark Forrest ^a   Abrams, Russell Ira ^a   Rubin, Daniel B ^a   Barr, William B ^a   Correa, Denise D ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bismuth; Encephalopathy; Myoclonus; Side effects; Toxicity; Tremors

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH SALICYLATE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DELIRIUM; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PUNCTURE; SEIZURE; TREMOR;

BISMUTH; BRAIN; CONFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCLONUS; TREMOR;

EID: 0028927650     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870100215     Document Type: Article

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