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Paraphenylene diamine poisoning
The commonest constituent of all hair dyes is paraphenylene diamine (PPD) being used by the people to color their hair all over the world. Hair dye poisoning is emerging as one of the emerging causes of intentional self-poisoning to commit suicide. In this article, the importance of clinical manifes...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510919/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23225987 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.101924 |
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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) being used by the people to color their hair all over the world. Hair dye poisoning is emerging as one of the emerging causes of intentional self-poisoning to commit suicide. In this article, the importance of clinical manifestations and of hair dye poisoning is discussed due to the lack of specific diagnostic tests. Since there is no specific antidote for PPD poisoning, the early supportive treatment modalities are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-35109192012-12-05 Paraphenylene diamine poisoning Prabhakaran, A. C. Jesudoss J Nat Sci Biol Med Case Report The commonest constituent of all hair dyes is paraphenylene diamine (PPD) being used by the people to color their hair all over the world. Hair dye poisoning is emerging as one of the emerging causes of intentional self-poisoning to commit suicide. In this article, the importance of clinical manifestations and of hair dye poisoning is discussed due to the lack of specific diagnostic tests. Since there is no specific antidote for PPD poisoning, the early supportive treatment modalities are discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3510919/ /pubmed/23225987 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.101924 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine 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 | Case Report 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 | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510919/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23225987 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.101924 |
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