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arsenism

arsenism

 [ahr´sĕ-nizm]
chronic arsenic poisoning.
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Other differential diagnoses include maculopapular mastocytosis, postinflammatory hyperpigmentation, morphea, pityriasis rosea, Addison disease, hemochromatosis, arsenism, contact dermatitis, multiple fixed drug eruption, confluent and reticulated papillomatosis of Gougerot and Carteaud, tuberculoid leprosy, and pinta.
Joint effects of urinary arsenic methylation capacity with potential modifiers on arsenicosis: a cross-sectional study from an endemic arsenism area in Huhhot Basin, northern China.
The peoples of such localities are mostly suffering from arsenism and fluorosis (Finkelman, 1999).
Altered profile of urinary arsenic metabolites in adults with chronic arsenism. A pilot study.
Arsenic keratosis is a precancerous lesion related to chronic arsenism. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is a T or B cell malignancy usually originating from lymph nodes and fewer in every other organ.We report a concomitant occurrence of arsenic keratosis and NHL in a Caucasian man.To our knowledge, this is the first such reported case.
Previously the condition was described as arseniasis, arsenism, arsenicism, etc.
The ingestion of contaminated foods is thought to be the predominant exposure route causing endemic arsenism and fluorosis in China (Chen et al.
Geochemistry of Coal and Endemmic Arsenism in Southwest Guizhou, China.
Endemic Arsenism and Blackfoot Disease, Xinjiang, China:Xinjiang Science and Technological Medical Publishing House.
Altered profile of urinary As metabolites in adults with chronic arsenism. Arch Toxicol 71:211-217.
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