| | | | Year : 2002 | Volume : 50 | Issue : 3 | Page : 364-5 | Arsenic poisoning in a family. Jha SS, Dhanuka AK, Singh MN Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow - 226 014, India. Correspondence Address: Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow - 226 014, India. sjha@sgpgi.ac.in A family of six members is reported, who accidently consumed arsenic, during preparation of indigenous medicine in their home, and developed arsenic poisoning. How to cite this article: Jha S, Dhanuka A K, Singh M N. Arsenic poisoning in a family. Neurol India 2002;50:364 | 1. | Kew J, Morris C, Aihie A et al : Arsenic and mercury intoxication due to Indian ethnic remedies. BMJ 1993; 306 : 506-507. | 2. | Chhuttani PN, Chawla LS, Chugh KS et al : Landry-Guillain Barr'e-Strohl syndrome in India. J Neurol Sci 1968; 7 : 581-592. | 3. | Chhuttani PN, Chawla LS, Sharma TD : Arsenical neuropathy. Neurology 1967; 17 : 269-274. | 4. | Dutta DV, Kaul MK : Arsenic content of drinking water in villages in Northern India. A Concept of arsenicosis. J Assoc Physicians India 1976; 24 : 599-605. | 5. | Moore DF, O Callaghan CA, Berlyne G et al : Acute arsenic poisoning : absence of polyneuropathy after treatment with 2, 3 - dimercaptopropanesulphonate. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1994; 57 : 1133-1135. | 6. | Jenkins RB : Inorganic arsenic and the nervous system. Brain 1966; 89 : 479-498. | |