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Unilateral rubral tremors in Wilson′s disease treated with dimercaprol
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2015 Tremors are reported as the most frequent neurological manifestation of Wilson′s disease (WD) in some series. Postural tremors, rest tremors, action tremors and wing-beating (rubral) tremors are the different types of tremors seen in WD.
Rahul T Chakor +3 more
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In vitro and in vivo preclinical venom inhibition assays identify metalloproteinase inhibiting drugs as potential future treatments for snakebite envenoming by Dispholidus typus [PDF]
Toxicon: X, 2022 Snakebite envenoming affects more than 250,000 people annually in sub-Saharan Africa. Envenoming by Dispholidus typus (boomslang) results in venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC), whereby highly abundant prothrombin-activating snake venom ...
Stefanie K. Menzies +11 more
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Neutralising effects of small molecule toxin inhibitors on nanofractionated coagulopathic Crotalinae snake venoms [PDF]
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2020 Repurposing small molecule drugs and drug candidates is considered as a promising approach to revolutionise the treatment of snakebite envenoming. In this study, we investigated the inhibiting effects of the small molecules varespladib (nonspecific ...
Chunfang Xie +6 more
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Bismuth intoxication resulting in acute kidney injury in a pregnant adolescent girl
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2019 Bismuth intoxication is a rare cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) and is usually reversible by appropriate therapeutic measures. We present here a case of an adolescent pregnant girl who developed AKI due to an overdose of colloidal bismuth subcitrate ...
Aslı Çelebi-Tayfur +7 more
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Effect of dimercaprol on oxygen toxicity in rats
Journal of Applied Physiology, 1965 Six groups of 10 male Holtzman rats were given doses of 10, 25, 40, 50, 75, and 100 mg/kg dimercaprol, respectively. Both times of onset of the first convulsion and survival times of treated animals exposed to 6 atm of oxygen were measured and compared with 50 untreated controls. As the dose of dimercaprol increased to 40 mg/kg, both the time of onset
Peter V. Van Tassel
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Mercury in Retrograde: The Tale of Toxicity. [PDF]
Case Rep NephrolIntroduction Mercuric chloride is a highly toxic inorganic compound with historical medical use but severe potential for harm when ingested. Acute mercury poisoning is rare but can lead to multiorgan toxicity, particularly affecting the kidneys and gastrointestinal tract.
Abadir S +5 more
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Cerebral Edema Secondary to Heavy Metal Toxicity From Siddha Medicine: A Case Report and Case-Based Review. [PDF]
Case Rep Neurol MedBackground Traditional Indian medicine has been used to treat a variety of illnesses for centuries. However, there are existing concerns surrounding its heavy metal content. Amongst the different systems of traditional Indian medicine, Ayurvedic medicine has been most frequently implicated in heavy metal toxicity, while Siddha medicine has only very ...
Tan Z +7 more
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