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Paraphenylene diamine poisoning
The commonest constituent of all hair dyes is paraphenylene diamine (PPD). Hair dye poisoning is emerging as one of the emerging causes of intentional self-poisoning to commit suicide. In this article, we report a case of PPD poisoning and the importance of clinical of hair dye poisoning. The lack o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3371476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22701263 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.96356 |
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author | Prabhakaran, A.C. Jesudoss |
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description | The commonest constituent of all hair dyes is paraphenylene diamine (PPD). Hair dye poisoning is emerging as one of the emerging causes of intentional self-poisoning to commit suicide. In this article, we report a case of PPD poisoning and the importance of clinical of hair dye poisoning. The lack of specific diagnostic tests, a specific antidote for paraphenylene diamine poisoning and the importance of early supportive treatment modalities are also discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-33714762012-06-14 Paraphenylene diamine poisoning Prabhakaran, A.C. Jesudoss Indian J Pharmacol Drug Watch The commonest constituent of all hair dyes is paraphenylene diamine (PPD). Hair dye poisoning is emerging as one of the emerging causes of intentional self-poisoning to commit suicide. In this article, we report a case of PPD poisoning and the importance of clinical of hair dye poisoning. The lack of specific diagnostic tests, a specific antidote for paraphenylene diamine poisoning and the importance of early supportive treatment modalities are also discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3371476/ /pubmed/22701263 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.96356 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Drug Watch Prabhakaran, A.C. Jesudoss Paraphenylene diamine poisoning |
title | Paraphenylene diamine poisoning |
title_full | Paraphenylene diamine poisoning |
title_fullStr | Paraphenylene diamine poisoning |
title_full_unstemmed | Paraphenylene diamine poisoning |
title_short | Paraphenylene diamine poisoning |
title_sort | paraphenylene diamine poisoning |
topic | Drug Watch |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3371476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22701263 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.96356 |
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