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The patient was a left handed 25-year-old man who had worked in a vinyl chloride resin factory since July 1987 using lead stearate as a stabilizer. During the two years preceding hospitalization, he had been admitted three times for colicky abdominal pain with constipation and nausea. Anemia and
1. A therapeutic trial of intravenous hematin is presented. Eleven cases of AIP and one of VP who did not improve with conventional treatment (high carbohydrate intake) received this new agent. 2. Urinary ALA, PBG and, when possible, uroporphyrin and coproporphyrin were used to monitor the chemical
We report a patient with asymmetrical patchy weakness of the limbs, and with autoantibodies against gangliosides GM1, GD1b, asialo GM1. Although electrophysiological studies did not reveal conduction block, treatment with prednisolone resulted in clinical improvement. A 52-year-old man was admitted
OBJECTIVE
Traditionally the neuromuscular disorder associated with lead poisoning has been purely motor. This study assessed peripheral nerve function clinically and electrophysiologically in 46 patients with neuropathic features out of a total population of 151 workers with raised blood and/or
Health effects of occupational exposure to lead were investigated among 92 exposed workers in lead-acid battery factory and 40 nonexposed workers serving as a control group from an oil mill in Khartoum North industrial area. The two groups were closely similar in age, stature, body weight, and