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Self-limiting cerebellar ataxia following organophosphate poisoning

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dc.contributor.author Fonseka, M.M.D. en_US
dc.contributor.author Medagoda, K. en_US
dc.contributor.author Tilakaratne, Y. en_US
dc.contributor.author Gunatilake, S.B. en_US
dc.contributor.author de Silva, H.J. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2014-10-29T09:21:43Z
dc.date.available 2014-10-29T09:21:43Z
dc.date.issued 2003 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Human and Experimental Toxicology. 2003; 22(2): pp.107-109 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0960-3271 (Print) en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1477-0903 (Electronic) en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1571
dc.description Indexed in MEDLINE
dc.description.abstract Deliberate self-harm by ingestion of organophosphate insecticides is a common health problem in Sri Lanka. The poisoning results in an initial life-threatening cholinergic crisis and several intermediate and late neurological and psychiatric manifestations. A patient who developed self-limiting cerebellar signs 8 days after ingestion of dimethoate, an organophosphorous insecticide, is reported on en_US
dc.publisher SAGE Publishing en_US
dc.subject SUICIDE en_US
dc.subject POISONING en_US
dc.subject Suicide, Attempted en_US
dc.subject Poisoning-etiology en_US
dc.subject Cerebellar Ataxia-chemically induced en_US
dc.subject Dimethoate-poisoning en_US
dc.subject Insecticides-poisoning en_US
dc.subject Antidotes-therapeutic use
dc.title Self-limiting cerebellar ataxia following organophosphate poisoning en_US
dc.type Case Report en_US
dc.identifier.department Medicine en_US
dc.identifier.department Physiology en_US
dc.creator.corporateauthor British Toxicology Society en_US


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