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A case of mistaken identity: herbal medicine as a cause of lead toxicity.

J Smitherman1, P Harber.   

Abstract

Folk remedies can be a significant unrecognized source of lead toxicity. This case report of lead toxicity due to Indian traditional herbal medicine illustrates that suspecting only occupational sources for lead poisoning in adults may mask a true source of lead exposure.

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Year:  1991        PMID： 1805616     DOI： 10.1002/ajim.4700200611

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Ind Med        ISSN： 0271-3586            Impact factor:   2.214


  11 in total

1.  Lead induced anaemia due to traditional Indian medicine: a case report.

Authors:  B M Spriewald; A Rascu; K H Schaller; J Angerer; J R Kalden; T Harrer
Journal:  Occup Environ Med       Date:  1999-04       Impact factor: 4.402

2.  Lead toxicity as a result of herbal medication.

Authors:  A Ravi Raja; G N Vishal Babu; Geraldine Menezes; T Venkatesh
Journal:  Indian J Clin Biochem       Date:  2008-06-11

Review 3.  Health risks of herbal remedies.

Authors:  P A De Smet
Journal:  Drug Saf       Date:  1995-08       Impact factor: 5.606

4.  Indian herbal remedies for diabetes as a cause of lead poisoning.

Authors:  R W Keen; A C Deacon; H T Delves; J A Moreton; P G Frost
Journal:  Postgrad Med J       Date:  1994-02       Impact factor: 2.401

5.  Heavy metal intoxication from homeopathic and herbal remedies.

Authors:  A Olujohungbe; P A Fields; A F Sandford; A V Hoffbrand
Journal:  Postgrad Med J       Date:  1994-10       Impact factor: 2.401

6.  Gelatin potentiates lead toxicity due to improper preparation of a Chinese tea drug, choreito. A study based on our previously published case report of long-term choreito use.

Authors:  Y Huijuan; M Katsumata; M Minami
Journal:  Environ Health Prev Med       Date:  2001-01       Impact factor: 3.674

7.  Histological and histochemical alterations in the liver induced by lead chronic toxicity.

Authors:  Bashir M Jarrar; Noory T Taib
Journal:  Saudi J Biol Sci       Date:  2012-01-05       Impact factor: 4.219

8.  Hematopoietic toxicity from lead-containing Ayurvedic medications.

Authors:  Stefanos N Kales; Costas A Christophi; Robert B Saper
Journal:  Med Sci Monit       Date:  2007-07

9.  Lead Poisoning Can Be Easily Misdiagnosed as Acute Porphyria and Nonspecific Abdominal Pain.

Authors:  Ming-Ta Tsai; Shi-Yu Huang; Shih-Yu Cheng
Journal:  Case Rep Emerg Med       Date:  2017-05-29

10.  Evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of lead poisoning in a patient with occupational lead exposure: a case presentation.

Authors:  D'souza Sunil Herman; Menezes Geraldine; Thuppil Venkatesh
Journal:  J Occup Med Toxicol       Date:  2007-08-24       Impact factor: 2.646
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