Mercury intoxication in a 2-year-old girl: A diagnostic challenge for the physician

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 903-906

  Michaeli Yossef, Yael ^a   Berkovitch, Matitiahu ^a,b   Goldman, Michael ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acrodynia; Catecholamines; DMSA; Hypertension; Mercury intoxication

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMLODIPINE; CATECHOLAMINE; CREATININE; DOPAMINE; ENALAPRIL; LABETALOL; MERCURY; NORADRENALIN; SUCCIMER; UREA;

ACRODYNIA; ADD ON THERAPY; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; MERCURIALISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; VOMITING;

ACRODYNIA; ANTIDOTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATECHOLAMINES; CHELATING AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; SUCCIMER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247328086     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0430-5     Document Type: Article

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