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Case Reports
. 2017 Jul 24:4:2374289517700160.
doi: 10.1177/2374289517700160. eCollection 2017 Jan-Dec.

Lead Poisoning

Barbara E C Knollmann-Ritschel  1 , Morri Markowitz  2
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Case Reports

Lead Poisoning

Barbara E C Knollmann-Ritschel et al. Acad Pathol. .

Abstract

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.

Keywords: cell injury; disease mechanisms; environmental mechanisms; lead poisoning; occupational exposure; pathology competencies.

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