Severe lead poisoning due to Ayurvedic indian plant medicine;Chronische Bleivergiftung durch ayurvedische Heilpillen

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 128, Issue 46, 2003, Pages 2418-2420

  Weide, R ^a,c   Engelhart, S ^b   Farber H ^b   Kaufmann, F ^b   Heymanns, J ^a   Koppler H ^a  

^a Praxisklinik fur Hamatologie und Onkologie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; EDETATE SODIUM; LEAD; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYALGIA; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345377693     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-43590     Document Type: Article

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