title: [Current diagnosis and treatment of lead poisoning].
abstract: Lead may be an industrial and an environmental hazard which becomes of greater importance every year. Classical symptoms of plumbism are rare, whenever minor clinical signs increase in frequency. Erythrocyte zinc protoporphyrin and delta-aminolaevulinic acid dehydratase are reliable indicators of the importance of the lead poisoning in individuals. The concentration of lead in blood is also a suitable biological indicator as is EDTA mobilization test. The treatment is based on the use of chelating agents such as calcium EDTA or DMSA, but the only solution is reduction or removal of the sources of lead exposure.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine J. CHRU de Nancy, hôpitaux de Brabois, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaminsky
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Duc
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duc
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000208:Acute Disease; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009784:Occupational Diseases
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents
vernacular_title: Diagnostic et traitements actuels du saturnisme.