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Subramanian Senthilkumaran1, Namasivayam Balamurugan2, Narendra Nath Jena3
1Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Be Well Hospitals, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India.
International Journal of Trichology
|August 2, 2017
Abstract:
Thallium is a toxic heavy metal often involved in criminal poisonings and occasionally in accidental poisoning. Here, we report a case of acute, nonintentional thallium poisoning due to thallium-contaminated alternative medicine for its rarity and to create awareness about the combination of rapid, diffuse alopecia with neurologic and gastrointestinal symptoms among practitioners, professionals, public, and policymakers.

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