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

Lead poisoning (LP) is less commonly encountered in emergency departments (ED). However, lead exposure still occurs, and new sources of poisoning have emerged. LP often goes unrecognized due to a low index of suspicion and nonspecific symptoms. We present a case of a 48-year-old man who had recurrin...

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Autores principales: Tsai, Ming-Ta, Huang, Shi-Yu, Cheng, Shih-Yu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5467293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28630774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9050713

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5467293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28630774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9050713

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