ARGYRIA AND CONVULSIVE SEIZURES CAUSED BY INGESTION OF SILVER IN A PATIENT WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

Authors
OHBO Y FUKUZAKO H TAKEUCHI K TAKIGAWA M
Citation
Y. Ohbo et al., ARGYRIA AND CONVULSIVE SEIZURES CAUSED BY INGESTION OF SILVER IN A PATIENT WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA, PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES, 50(2), 1996, pp. 89-90
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Neurosciences,Psychiatry
Journal title
PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES → ACNP
ISSN journal
13231316
Volume
50
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
89 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
1323-1316(1996)50:2<89:AACSCB>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The case study of a schizophrenic patient with argyria which resulted from the chronic and excessive ingestion of antismoking pills contain silver, is presented. Convulsive seizures developed after the patient had been addicted to the pills for 40 years. An extremely high concent ration of silver was detected in serum. This case provides support for the hypothesis that silver may cause convulsive seizures as a result of systemic poisoning.