Aplastic anemia and membranous nephropathy induced by intravenous mercury

Self-injection of mercury can be life-threatening. We report a case of attempted suicide by self-intravenous injection of elemental mercury. The patient suffered from two side effects : membranous nephropathy and aplastic anemia. She was treated and the systemic effects of mercury were reversed afte...

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Autores principales: Priya, N., Nagaprabhu, V. N., Kurian, G., Seethalakshmi, N., Rao, G. G., Unni, V. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23439491
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.106040
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author Priya, N.
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Rao, G. G.
Unni, V. N.
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description Self-injection of mercury can be life-threatening. We report a case of attempted suicide by self-intravenous injection of elemental mercury. The patient suffered from two side effects : membranous nephropathy and aplastic anemia. She was treated and the systemic effects of mercury were reversed after 4 years. The toxicology of mercury, mechanisms of renal and systemic toxicities, and the various therapeutic measures for mercury poisoning are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-35734872013-02-22 Aplastic anemia and membranous nephropathy induced by intravenous mercury Priya, N. Nagaprabhu, V. N. Kurian, G. Seethalakshmi, N. Rao, G. G. Unni, V. N. Indian J Nephrol Case Report Self-injection of mercury can be life-threatening. We report a case of attempted suicide by self-intravenous injection of elemental mercury. The patient suffered from two side effects : membranous nephropathy and aplastic anemia. She was treated and the systemic effects of mercury were reversed after 4 years. The toxicology of mercury, mechanisms of renal and systemic toxicities, and the various therapeutic measures for mercury poisoning are discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3573487/ /pubmed/23439491 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.106040 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nephrology 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.
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Aplastic anemia and membranous nephropathy induced by intravenous mercury
title Aplastic anemia and membranous nephropathy induced by intravenous mercury
title_full Aplastic anemia and membranous nephropathy induced by intravenous mercury
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title_short Aplastic anemia and membranous nephropathy induced by intravenous mercury
title_sort aplastic anemia and membranous nephropathy induced by intravenous mercury
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