RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Mercury intoxication presenting with tics
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 174
OP 175
DO 10.1136/adc.83.2.174
VO 83
IS 2
A1 Albert M Li
A1 Michael H M Chan
A1 T F Leung
A1 Robert C K Cheung
A1 Christopher W K Lam
A1 T F Fok
YR 2000
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/83/2/174.abstract
AB A 5 year old Chinese boy presented with recurrent oral ulceration followed by motor and vocal tics. The Chinese herbal spray he used for his mouth ulcers was found to have a high mercury content. His blood mercury concentration was raised. Isolated tics as the sole presentation of mercury intoxication has not previously been reported.