Barium Carbonate Poisoning Mimicking Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 49, Issue JUNE, 2001, Pages 656-657

  Koley, T K ^a   Goyal, A K ^a   Gupta, M D ^a  

^a HINDU RAO HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BARIUM CARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARIUM; CARBONATES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0035376550     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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