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Paraphenylene diamine poisoning

Author(s) -

A C Jesudoss Prabhakaran

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

indian journal of pharmacology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1998-3751

pISSN - 0253-7613

DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.96356

Subject(s) - hair dyes , diamine , commit , antidote , medicine , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , computer science , toxicity , database , dyeing

The commonest constituent of all hair dyes is paraphenylene diamine (PPD). Hair dye poisoning is emerging as one of the emerging causes of intentional self-poisoning to commit suicide. In this article, we report a case of PPD poisoning and the importance of clinical of hair dye poisoning. The lack of specific diagnostic tests, a specific antidote for paraphenylene diamine poisoning and the importance of early supportive treatment modalities are also discussed.

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