Self-limiting cerebellar ataxia following organophosphate poisoning
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2003
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SAGE Publishing
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
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SUICIDE, POISONING, Suicide, Attempted, Poisoning-etiology, Cerebellar Ataxia-chemically induced, Dimethoate-poisoning, Insecticides-poisoning, Antidotes-therapeutic use
Citation
Human and Experimental Toxicology. 2003; 22(2): pp.107-109