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Adult chronic lead intoxication. A clinical review.

Abstract
A stained-glass artisan with depression and a retired junkyard worker with congestive cardiomyopathy had increased mobilizable body burdens of lead by calcium ethylenediaminetetaacetic acid testing. Although both patients improved with several months of intramuscular chelation therapy, the efficacy of such therapy in chronic lead poisoning is controversial. Recognition of unusual manifestations of chronic lead poisoning may at least interrupt further exposure, even if specific therapy is not undertaken.
AuthorsD J Balestra
JournalArchives of internal medicine (Arch Intern Med) Vol. 151 Issue 9 Pg. 1718-20 (Sep 1991) ISSN: 0003-9926 [Print] United States
PMID1888236 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
Chemical References
  • Chelating Agents
Topics
  • Aged
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated (etiology)
  • Chelating Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Depression (etiology)
  • Humans
  • Lead Poisoning (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Occupational Diseases (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy)

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