Cobalt intoxication diagnosed with the help of Dr House

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9916, 2014, Pages 574-

  Dahms, Kirsten ^a   Sharkova, Yulia ^a   Heitland, Peter ^b   Pankuweit, Sabine ^a   Schaefer, Juergen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Medizinisches Labor Bremen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; UNITHIOL;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHROMIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COBALT BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPHADENOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; OSSIFYING MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS;

EID: 84893329153     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60037-4     Document Type: Article

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