Therapeutic efficiency of succimer used with calcium and ascorbic acid in the treatment of mild lead-poisoning

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-142

  Jin, Yaping ^a   Yu, Fei ^a   Liao, Yingjun ^a   Liu, Shaoxia ^b   Liu, Meimei ^b   Xu, Jianhong ^b   Yang, Jun ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ansan Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Calcium; Lead poisoning; Mice; Preschool children; Succimer

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM CARBONATE; LEAD ACETATE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; SUCCIMER;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BONE LEVEL; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORIMETRY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BONE AND BONES; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHELATING AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MICE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; SUCCIMER;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 78650198664     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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