Lead poisoning associated with Ayurvedic drug presenting as intestinal obstruction: A case report

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 412, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 213-214

  Gupta, Nikhil ^a   Goswami, Binita ^b   Singh, Nahar ^c   B C Koner, ^a   Garg, Ramesh ^d  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^d Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Ayurvedic medicine; Heavy metal; Lead; Plumbism

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; HEMOGLOBIN; PENICILLAMINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CASE REPORT; COLON DILATATION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS; WORM INFECTION; X RAY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650516475     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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