Urinary and cutaneous complications of sulphur mustard poisoning preceding pulmonary and ocular involvement: An unusual sequence of symptoms

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Emadi, S N ^a,b   Moeineddin, F ^c   Sorush, M R ^a  

^a JANBAZAN MEDICAL AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER JMERC   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSTARD GAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE TOXICITY; GAS POISONING; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PENIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SCAR; SKIN TOXICITY; STENOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THIGH; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT;

BRONCHIECTASIS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSTARD GAS; SKIN DISEASES; URINATION DISORDERS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66449098195     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02965.x     Document Type: Article

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