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Title: | Self-limiting cerebellar ataxia following organophosphate poisoning |
Authors: | Fonseka, M.M.D. Medagoda, K. Tilakaratne, Y. Gunatilake, S.B. de Silva, H.J. |
Keywords: | SUICIDE POISONING Suicide, Attempted Poisoning-etiology Cerebellar Ataxia-chemically induced Dimethoate-poisoning Insecticides-poisoning Antidotes-therapeutic use |
Issue Date: | 2003 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publishing |
Citation: | Human and Experimental Toxicology. 2003; 22(2): pp.107-109 |
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 |
Description: | Indexed in MEDLINE |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1571 |
ISSN: | 0960-3271 (Print) 1477-0903 (Electronic) |
Appears in Collections: | Journal/Magazine Articles |
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