Ayurvedic herbal medicine and lead poisoning

Journal of Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gunturu, Krishna S ^a   Nagarajan, Priyadharsini ^b   McPhedran, Peter ^a   Goodman, Thomas R ^b   Hodsdon, Michael E ^b   Strout, Matthew P ^a  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; Ayurveda; basophilic stippling; Lead poisoning

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; JAMBRULIN; LEAD; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; SUCCIMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHELATING AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VOMITING; AYURVEDA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

CHELATING AGENTS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SUCCIMER;

EID: 83655197902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-8722-4-51     Document Type: Article

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