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Mercury poisoning: a diagnostic challenge.

Pediatric Emergency Care, 2012
Clinical features of mercury poisoning are nonspecific, and a detailed history is very valuable. The silvery, shiny appearance of mercury makes it very exciting and attractive for children. The overall half-life of elemental mercury in the body averages approximately 2 months. Chelation therapy with dimercaptosuccinic acid is the treatment of choice if
H. Tezer   +5 more
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Elemental Mercurial Poisoning

Southern Medical Journal, 1997
A 39-year-old man injected 40 mL of elemental mercury in an attempted suicide 3 years before coming to our facility. No specific treatment regimen had been done since then. Chest x-ray films showed mercury deposits in the lungs, as well as around the injection site.
H, Hohage   +6 more
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Alkyl Mercury Poisoning

Acta Paediatrica, 1952
SummaryThis paper describes a case of organic mercury poisoning in a child from a mercury‐intoxicated family. The condition has not hitherto been reported among children. The child was poisoned after eating porridge prepared from flour which had been treated with an dkyl mercury compound, panogen, which is used by farmers in seed dressing.
G, ENGLESON, T, HERNER
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Postoperative Mercury Poisoning

Medicine, Science and the Law, 1979
Three mercury poisonings (two fatal), following the use of mercuric chloride solution for peritoneal lavage during operations for the removal of cancerous growths, are described. The concentrations of mercury measured in the tissues from these cases are consistent with those found in poisoning by injection, inhalation and ingestion.
J D, Cross   +3 more
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Congenital Mercury Poisoning

New England Journal of Medicine, 1971
NEUROLOGIC damage occurs in adults and children after poisoning with mercury compounds.1 2 3 4 5 6 Mercury poisoning in utero due to maternal exposure has rarely been reported.7 8 9 After birth cer...
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Acute mercury poisoning

Anaesthesia, 1991
Summary A case of deliberate self poisoning with approximately 7 g mercuric chloride (the lethal dose is about 1 g) is described. The patient died after 6 days despite the use of chelating agents, plasma exchange and intensive supportive therapy. The management of acute mercury toxicity is discussed.
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Subacute Motor Neuron Hyperexcitability with Mercury Poisoning: A Case Series and Literature Review

European Neurology, 2014
Motor neuron hyperexcitability (MNH) indicates a disorder characterized by an ectopic motor nerve discharge on electromyogram (EMG). Here, we present a series of three cases of subacute MNH with mercury poisoning.
Zhi-bin Zhou   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mercury Poisoning

New England Journal of Medicine, 2022
Yunying Feng, Fengdan Wang
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Mercury poisoning

The Lancet, 1993
P, Grandjean, B, Cardoso, G, Guimarães
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