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Case Reports
. 2010 Jun 15;182(9):E381.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.091095. Epub 2010 May 3.

Colic induced by lead

Tzung-Hai Yen  1 , Ja-Liang Lin, Cheng-Hao Weng, Chung-Chih Tang
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Case Reports

Colic induced by lead

Tzung-Hai Yen et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1
Microscopic view of a peripheral blood smear (original magnification × 1000) from a 23-year-old man with lead toxicity, showing microcytic erythrocytes with prominent basophilic stippling (asterisks).
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