Management of thallium poisoning in patients with delayed hospital admission

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-69

  Sun, Tong Wen ^a   Xu, Qing Yan ^a   Zhang, Xiao Juan ^a   Wu, Qiong ^a   Liu, Zhang Suo ^a   Kan, Quan Cheng ^a   Sun, Cheng Ye ^b   Wang, Lexin ^c  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Poisoning; Polyneuropathy; Prussian blue; Thallium

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; FERRIC FERROCYANIDE; SODIUM DIMERCAPTOSULFONATE; THALLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DELIRIUM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAIR LOSS; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDOTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FERROCYANIDES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALLIUM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862964754     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2011.638926     Document Type: Article

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