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. 2000 Aug;83(2):174–175. doi: 10.1136/adc.83.2.174

Mercury intoxication presenting with tics

A Li 1, M Chan 1, T Leung 1, R Cheung 1, C Lam 1, T Fok 1
PMCID: PMC1718439  PMID: 10906032

Abstract

A 5 year old Chinese boy presented with recurrent oral ulceration followed by motor and vocal tics. The Chinese herbal spray he used for his mouth ulcers was found to have a high mercury content. His blood mercury concentration was raised. Isolated tics as the sole presentation of mercury intoxication has not previously been reported.



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