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ArticleClinical case reports2025

Arsenic-Induced Polyneuropathy Mimicking Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Conundrum.

Carin Behrens-van Tonder, Liesl Smit

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Carin Behrens-van TonderNeurology University of the Free State Faculty of Health Sciences Bloemfontein South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7520-919X
Liesl SmitNeurology University of the Free State Faculty of Health Sciences Bloemfontein South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5222-7723

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a patient with flaccid paralysis caused by chronic arsenic exposure, most likely due to illicit drug use. Arsenic is known to cause polyneuropathy, but is not often considered in the differential diagnosis of a patient presenting with flaccid paralysis.

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arsenic poisoningflaccid paralysisillicit drugspolyneuropathy

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PMID40933293
PMCPMC12417313

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