TY - JOUR PY - 2001// TI - Barium carbonate poisoning mimicking Guillain-Barre syndrome JO - Journal of the Association of Physicians of India A1 - Koley, T. K. A1 - Goyal, A. K. A1 - Gupta, M. D. SP - 656 EP - 657 VL - 49 IS - N2 - 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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