Neonatal Plumbism Secondary to Maternal Chronic Lead Poisoning and PICA: A Case Report
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A study of pica in relation to lead poisoning.
I T HAS BEEN known that lead may cause poisoning in man since ancient times.1 Only in comparatively recent years has attention been called to its toxic effect in 23 in whom the diagnosis can be easily overlooked until encephalopathy occurs, and may be missed even then. The incidence of the disease is difficult to determine, because in most states it is not reportable and since the diagnosis is ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine: Open Access
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2165-8048
DOI: 10.4172/2165-8048.s12-002