observation and clinical manifestations of patients injured with mustard gas

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h sohrabpour from the department of medicine, shahid labbafi nejad madical center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, i. r. iran.

چکیده

more than five hundred chemically injured patients were admitted to the labbafi-nejad medical center in spring of 1984. these patients were of two groups. the majority of patients had extensive skin burns, eye injuries as well as respiratory problems, and a second group of patients suffered mainly from neuromuscular and psychological problems. in this report, clinical manifestation and observations of the first group, as well as a summary of the therapeutic modalities adopted are presented. we conclude that chemical weapons have a devastaring effect both in short and long term on humans and a more influential stance should be taken by responsible organizations to stop their use.

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medical journal of islamic republic of iran

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