title: Barium carbonate poisoning mimicking Guillain-Barre syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Koley
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001464:Barium / Q000506:poisoning*; D002254:Carbonates / Q000506:poisoning*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D002254:Carbonates; D001464:Barium; C006685:barium carbonate