Neuropsychiatric symptoms following bismuth intoxication.

نویسنده

  • M P Weller
چکیده

A number of seemingly neurotic symptoms, similar to those reported in bismuth intoxication, occurred in a patient taking a proprietary dyspeptic preparation, tri-potassium dicitrate bismuthate (De-Nol), over 2 years. The symptoms remitted over 10-12 months after stopping the drug - a similar period to that described in bismuth intoxication and the patient has remained symptom-free for 7 years. Possible mechanisms are discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Postgraduate medical journal

دوره 64 750  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1988