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Chronic lead poisoning in a two‐year‐old child: A 12‐month follow‐up study
Author(s) -
Kazacos Michael,
Moore Patrick
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb108109.x
Subject(s) - lead poisoning , chelation therapy , medicine , urine , lead (geology) , physical examination , pediatrics , surgery , psychiatry , thalassemia , geomorphology , geology
X‐ray examination of the broken arm of a two‐year‐old child demonstrated the presence of lead deposits in the bone. Chelation treatment with calcium‐EDTA was undertaken. The results obtained over three months of treatment, and those obtained at the follow‐up examination 12 months later are reported. The need to analyse the blood as well as the urine to obtain an accurate measure of lead concentrations is emphasized.