Thallium poisoning: Prussian blue treatment in 4 cases

Díaz, V.; Tapia, R.; Brinck, G.; Gutiérrez, M.; Hurtado, C.; del Peso, G.

Revista Medica de Chile 118(2): 183-185

1990


ISSN/ISBN: 0034-9887
PMID: 2152719
Document Number: 360177
Four patients with thallium toxicity were treated with Prussian blue, 125 mg/kg/day. The diagnosis was made on clinical grounds and confirmed by detection of thallium in the urine. Electromyographic, evoked potentials and electroencephalographic studies confirmed quick clinical and electrophysiologic improvement of the patients.

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