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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)
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