Arsenicosis from homeopathic medicines: A growing concern

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 497-498

  Prasad, H R Y ^a   Malhotra, A K ^a   Hanna, N ^a   Kochupillai, V ^a   Atri, S K ^a   Ray, R ^a   Guglani, B ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN;

AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COUGHING; CRYOTHERAPY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FOOT SOLE; HAND PALM; HEMOPTYSIS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN COLOR; SWELLING;

AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; SELF MEDICATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645333906     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2006.02095.x     Document Type: Article

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