Lead poisoning due to gunshot bullet in contact with cerebrospinal fluid: Case report

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-54

  de Madureira, Paulo Roberto ^a   De Capitani, Eduardo Mello ^a   Vieira, Ronan José ^a   Sakuma, Alice Momoya ^b   Toledo, Adriana Safioti ^a   Mello, Suely Moreira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aminolevulinic acid; Cerebrospinal fluid; Chelation therapy; Lead poisoning; Wounds gunshot

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; EDETATE CALCIUM DISODIUM; LEAD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEAD POISONING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; SCIATIC NERVE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; CHELATING AGENTS; CHELATION THERAPY; EDETIC ACID; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADULT; MALE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 70349562985     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802009000100011     Document Type: Article

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