Self-limiting cerebellar ataxia following organophosphate poisoning

dc.contributor.authorFonseka, M.M.D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMedagoda, K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTilakaratne, Y.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGunatilake, S.B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorde Silva, H.J.en_US
dc.creator.corporateauthorBritish Toxicology Societyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-29T09:21:43Z
dc.date.available2014-10-29T09:21:43Z
dc.date.issued2003en_US
dc.descriptionIndexed in MEDLINE
dc.description.abstractDeliberate 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 onen_US
dc.identifier.citationHuman and Experimental Toxicology. 2003; 22(2): pp.107-109en_US
dc.identifier.departmentMedicineen_US
dc.identifier.departmentPhysiologyen_US
dc.identifier.issn0960-3271 (Print)en_US
dc.identifier.issn1477-0903 (Electronic)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1571
dc.publisherSAGE Publishingen_US
dc.subjectSUICIDEen_US
dc.subjectPOISONINGen_US
dc.subjectSuicide, Attempteden_US
dc.subjectPoisoning-etiologyen_US
dc.subjectCerebellar Ataxia-chemically induceden_US
dc.subjectDimethoate-poisoningen_US
dc.subjectInsecticides-poisoningen_US
dc.subjectAntidotes-therapeutic use
dc.titleSelf-limiting cerebellar ataxia following organophosphate poisoningen_US
dc.typeCase Reporten_US

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