Short-term thallium intoxication: Dermatological findings correlated with thallium concentration

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-98

  Lu, Ching I ^a   Huang, Chin Chang ^a,b   Chang, Ya Ching ^a   Tsai, Yu Tai ^a   Kuo, Hung Chou ^a   Chuang, Ya Hui ^a   Shih, Tung Sheng ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTOXICATION; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; URINALYSIS;

ALOPECIA; BIOPSY; DERMATITIS, PERIORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PROGNOSIS; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; THALLIUM;

EID: 33846410347     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.1.93     Document Type: Article

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