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Lead poisoning after gunshot wound

São Paulo Medical Journal, 2000
CONTEXT: Despite the absence of symptoms in the majority of patients carrying lead bullet fragments in their bodies, there needs to be an awareness of the possible signs and symptoms of lead intoxication when bullets are lodged in large joints like knees,
Paulo Roberto de Madureira, Eduardo Mello De Capitani, Ronan José Vieira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lead Poisoning: a 12-year Report from North East of Iran [PDF]

Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2018
Background: Lead poisoning is an issue of concern in developing countries and high levels of lead in blood could be resulted following occupational and environmental exposures.
Bita Dadpour, Samaneh Silakhori, Shahrad Tajoddini, Mahdieh Jafari Shahroudi, Mona Najaf Najafi   +4 more
doaj  

Appendectomy due to lead poisoning: a case-report

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2008
Background Lead poisoning is a common occupational health hazard in developing countries and many misdiagnoses and malpractices may occur due to unawareness of lead poisoning symptoms.
Aghilinejad M, Mehrparvar AH, Mohammadi S   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lead poisoning in ancient Rome

Acta Theologica, 2005
Lead was known to the ancients from at least the 4th millennium BC, but its use increased markedly during Roman times, to the extent that it became a health hazard.
Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers
doaj   +1 more source

A Proposal to Measure the Quasiparticle Poisoning Time of Majorana Bound States

, 2013
We propose a method of measuring the fermion parity lifetime of Majorana fermion modes due to quasiparticle poisoning. We model quasiparticle poisoning by coupling the Majorana modes to electron reservoirs, explicitly breaking parity conservation in the ...
Colbert, Jacob R., Lee, Patrick A.
core   +1 more source

Automatic classification of peripheral blood smear cells by the example of lead poisoning [PDF]

Farmacja Polska, 2020
The first symptoms caused by heavy metals poisoning are usually non-specific, therefore their diagnosis requires specialized knowledge and experience. Incorrect diagnosis can lead to various disorders and irreversible changes in patient’s health.
Adrian Michalski, Bogumiła Kupcewicz
doaj   +1 more source

Lead poisoning among opium users in Iran: an emerging health hazard

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2017
Background Lead (Pb) poisoning among people using opium has been an increasing problem in Iran. The present study highlights the clinical effects of lead toxicity associated with opium use in Iran, Kerman province.
Mohammad Mahdi Hayatbakhsh, Zohreh Oghabian, Elvira Conlon, Samaneh Nakhaee, Ali Reza Amirabadizadeh, Mohammad Javad Zahedi, Sodief Darvish Moghadam, Bighan Ahmadi, Somayeh Soroush, Jan Aaseth, Omid Mehrpour   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Novel CHMP2B Splicing Variant in Atypical Presentation of Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT C‐truncating variants in the charged multivesicular body protein 2B (CHMP2B) gene are a rare cause of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), previously identified only in Denmark, Belgium, and China. We report a novel CHMP2B splice‐site variant (c.35‐1G>A) associated with familial FTLD in Spain. The cases were two monozygotic male twins who
Sara Rubio‐Guerra, Sara Bernal, David Almenta, Josefina Pérez‐Blanco, Valle Camacho, Isabel Sala, Mª Belén Sánchez‐Saudinós, Jesús García Castro, Judit Selma‐González, Miguel Ángel Santos‐Santos, Álvaro Carbayo, Janina Turon‐Sans, Ricard Rojas‐Garcia, Daniel Alcolea, Juan Fortea, Alberto Lleó, Oriol Dols‐Icardo, Ignacio Illán‐Gala   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lead Poisoning Thresholds and Triggers [PDF]

, 2017
Lead poisoning remains a significant problem in the United States, especially in cities like Buffalo with old housing stock and concentrated poverty.
Hains, Adam
core   +1 more source

Where, how, and how much? A multicenter cohort study of the relationship between lupus decision aid modality, place of administration, interruption and viewing completeness and patient‐reported outcomes

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We assessed whether shared decision‐making (SDM), and patient acceptability, feasibility, and overall satisfaction with a computerized patient decision aid (PtDA) for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), differs by PtDA setting, modality, and the viewing experience.
Jasvinder A. Singh, Mark Beasley, Larry R. Hearld, for the Implementing DEcision‐Aid for Lupus in clinics (IDEAL) Consortium   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source