Heavy metal intoxication from homeopathic and herbal remedies.
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Heavy metal intoxication from homeopathic and herbal remedies.
Sir, We read with interest the paper by Keen and colleagues.' The case bears striking similarity to that of a 55 year old Indian man recently treated in our hospital. For 9 months he had taken 2-4 tablets daily of a resin extract from the Balsamodedron mukul plant. Each tablet contained 6.5-7.5 mg of lead as well as recordable levels of mercury and arsenic. This was associated with anaemia, abd...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.70.828.764