Integrating approaches to paraquat poisoning
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[Paraquat poisoning].
A fatal case of paraquat poisoning is described. Postmortem concentration of paraquat in different tissues reveals that treatment in this case could not prevent lethal tissue accumulation. Although accumulation was more pronounced in renal tissue, lung toxicity caused death. The formation of enormous fecaliths and the appearance of hypercalcemia are reported. Both were most likely connected wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ceylon Medical Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2386-1274,0009-0875
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v52i2.1018