Toxicokinetics of paraquat in Korean patients with acute poisoning

To conduct a kinetic study of paraquat (PQ), we investigated 9 patients with acute PQ intoxication. All of them ingested more than 20 ml of undiluted PQ herbicide to commit suicide and arrived at our hospital early, not later than 7 h after PQ ingestion. The urine dithionite test for PQ in all of th...

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Main Authors: Kim, Hak-Jae, Kim, Hyung-Ki, Lee, Hwayoung, Bae, Jun-Seok, Kown, Jun-Tack, Gil, Hyo-Wook, Hong, Sae-Yong
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Korean Physiological Society and The Korean Society of Pharmacology 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722189/