Methyl iodide poisoning presenting as a mimic of acute stroke: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nair, Jagdish ^a   Chatterjee, Kausik ^a  

^a Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; METHYL IODIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE STROKE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DYSPNEA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTOXICATION; MALE; METHYL IODIDE POISONING; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLURRED SPEECH; STROKE; UNSTEADINESS; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78649540321     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-177     Document Type: Article

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