Description of 3,180 Courses of Chelation with Dimercaptosuccinic Acid in Children ≤5 y with Severe Lead Poisoning in Zamfara, Northern Nigeria: A Retrospective Analysis of Programme Data.

Autor: Thurtle, Natalie, Greig, Jane, Cooney, Lauren, Amitai, Yona, Ariti, Cono, Brown, Mary Jean, Kosnett, Michael J., Moussally, Krystel, Sani-Gwarzo, Nasir, Akpan, Henry, Shanks, Leslie, Dargan, Paul I.
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Zdroj: PLoS Medicine; Oct2014, Vol. 11 Issue 10, p1-18, 18p, 2 Diagrams, 8 Charts, 5 Graphs
Abstrakt: : Jane Greig and colleagues from the medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières describe the use of the oral chelating agent dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) in several thousand young children with severe lead poisoning as a result of an environmental disaster in Zamfara, northern Nigeria. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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