Literature DB >> 11584944

Barium carbonate poisoning mimicking Guillain-Barre syndrome.

T K Koley1, A K Goyal, M D Gupta.   

Abstract

Areflexic quadriplegia due to barium carbonate (rat poison) poisoning is described in two young patients. These cases very closely resembled Guillain-Barre syndrome. The various effects of barium carbonate along with the pathogenesis of hypokalaemic paralysis are highlighted.

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Year:  2001        PMID: 11584944

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Assoc Physicians India        ISSN: 0004-5772


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1.  Gitelman syndrome: a rare life-threatening case of hypokalemic paralysis mimicking Guillain-Barré syndrome during pregnancy and review of the literature.

Authors:  Abdelghafour Elkoundi; Noureddine Kartite; Mustapha Bensghir; Nawfal Doghmi; Salim Jaafar Lalaoui
Journal:  Clin Case Rep       Date:  2017-08-17
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