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Paper pica
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may cause mercury poisoning
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  • Death of a chemistry professor after exposure of a gloved hand to 0.11 ml of dimethylmercury, despite heroic treatment starting when symptoms appeared. [106]
  • Editorial on the chemistry professor's case. [107]
  • A nice little review containing some new syndromes: toothpick eating, licking the dust off venetian blinds, and even eating cigarette ashes. (The cigarette-eating patient was a nonsmoker, and craved ashes specifically from Salem cigarettes. She got her smoker-husband to switch his brand to Salems, and would burn down cigarettes just to get the ashes.) Also notes that iron supplementation relieves cravings rapidly, even before correction of the anemia. [109]
  • Some people lick golf balls -- much to the detriment of their liver. [111]
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    (1) Mercury poisoning in paper pica [letter].
  Olynyk F, Sharpe DH.   N Engl J Med 1982 Apr 29;306(17):1056-7.  Pubmed  Similars
    (2) The Annotated Alice.
  Gardner M, Carroll L. NY: Bramhall, 1960: 90.
    (3) Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies. 3rd ed.
  Goldfrank L, et al. Norwalk, CT: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1986: 640-650.
    (-) Mercury toxicity in ear irrigation.
  FDA Drug Bull 1983 Apr;13(1):5-6.  Pubmed  Similars
    (-) Pica, paper, and pseudoporphyria [letter].
  Keeling PJ, Ramsay J, et al.   Lancet 1987 Nov 7;2(8567):1095.  Pubmed  Similars
    New References[Top] [Nav]
Mercury
    101.The many faces of methylmercury poisoning.
  Elhassani SB.   J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 1982 Oct;19(8):875-906.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
    102.Mercury exposure in a residential community--Florida, 1994.
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1995 Jun 16;44(23):436-7, 443.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
    103.Mercury exposure from interior latex paint [see comments].
  Agocs MM, Etzel RA, et al.   N Engl J Med 1990 Oct 18;323(16):1096-101.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
    104.Mercury exposure from interior latex paint [letter; comment].
  Lorscheider FL, Vimy MJ.   N Engl J Med 1991 Mar 21;324(12):851-2.  Pubmed  Similars
    105.Acute and chronic poisoning from residential exposures to elemental mercury--Michigan, 1989-1990.
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1991 Jun 14;40(23):393-5.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
    106.Delayed cerebellar disease and death after accidental exposure to dimethylmercury [see comments].
  Nierenberg DW, Nordgren RE, et al.   N Engl J Med 1998 Jun 4;338(23):1672-6.  Pubmed  Similars
    107.A tragic reminder about organic mercury [editorial; comment].
  Kulig K.   N Engl J Med 1998 Jun 4;338(23):1692-4.  Pubmed  Similars
Pica
    108.Pica and nutrition.
  Danford DE.   Annu Rev Nutr 1982;2:303-22.  Pubmed  Similars
    109.Pica, iron deficiency, and the medical history.
  Moore DF Jr, Sears DA.   Am J Med 1994 Oct;97(4):390-3.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
    110.Pica in the mentally handicapped: a 15-year surgical perspective.
  Decker CJ.   Can J Surg 1993 Dec;36(6):551-4.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
    111."Golf ball liver": agent orange hepatitis [see comments].
  Leonard C, Burke CM, et al.   Gut 1997 May;40(5):687-8.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
    112.The long-term effects of exposure to low doses of lead in childhood. An 11-year follow-up report [see comments].
  Needleman HL, Schell A, et al.   N Engl J Med 1990 Jan 11;322(2):83-8.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
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