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Pretilachlor poisoning: A rare case of a herbicide masquerading as organophosphate toxicity

Olita Shilpakar, Bipin Karki, Bibek Rajbhandari

Clinical Case Reports · 2020 · 12 citations · 7 references

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Acute oral intoxication of pretilachlor, a chloroacetanilide herbicide, in humans can present with similar clinical manifestations of organophosphate toxicity. Clinicians should be aware of such mimickers for proper management of the patient.

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