Elementary, my dear Dr. Allen: The case of barium toxicity and Pa Ping

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1546-1549

  Bowen, L N ^a   Subramony, S H ^a   Cheng, J ^a   Wu, S S ^a   Okun, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BARIUM CHLORIDE; CITRATE POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM IODIDE;

ACUTE MOTOR AXONAL NEUROPATHY; BARIUM TOXICITY; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOOD POISONING; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTOXICATION; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHY; PERIODIC PARALYSIS; POTASSIUM DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VOMITING;

EID: 77952134514     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181e222ee     Document Type: Article

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