Citation

Koley TK, Goyal AK, Gupta MD. J. Assoc. Physicians India 2001; 49: 656-657.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Association of Physicians of India)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11584944

Abstract

Areflexic quadriplegia due to barium carbonate (rat poison) poisoning is described in two young patients. These cases very closely resembled Guillain-Barre syndrome. The various effects of barium carbonate along with the pathogenesis of hypokalaemic paralysis are highlighted.

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