Journal of Clinical Toxicology
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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Michitaka Funayama is at Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital in Ashikaga, Japan. Dr. Funayama is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Their top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Pica, Primary Progressive Aphasia, and Apraxia. Their clinical research consists of co-authoring 43 peer reviewed articles and participating in 2 clinical trials in the past 15 years.

Publications

• Case Report   
  A Case Report: Convulsion After Poisoning of a herbicide containing Pyrazolate and Propyrisulfuron
  Author(s): Yu Mimura*, Michitaka Funayama, Naoto Yoshida, Yuji Tokuda, Taketo Takata and Masaru Mimura
  
  Introduction: There have been no reports on poisoning with pyrazolate and propyrisulfron (Pyr/Pro), a type of herbicide. In this report, we present a case with severe Pyr/Pro poisoning signs, in particular, sustained convulsions. Case presentation: A 47-year-old man was transferred to emergency room in comatose state after he ingested the most possible amount of 500 ml of herbicide which contained 136.5 mg of Pyr and 8 mg of Pro Twelve hours after his admission, he suddenly developed generalized convulsions, which lasted for 2 days. Given no abnormal findings on his brain images or laboratory data, convulsions were considered to be caused by Pyr/Pro poisoning. His convulsions were well controlled under benzodiazepine treatments and he was able to be discharged without any complications. Discussion: .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0495.20.10.436

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