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Diagnostic Significance of Edetate Disodium Calcium Testing in Children With Increased Lead Absorption
Paul Saenger, MD;
John F. Rosen, MD;
Morri Markowitz, MD
Am J Dis Child. 1982;136(4):312-315.
Abstract
• Conventional screening tests (blood lead and erythrocyte protoporphyrin levels) may not accurately reflect the magnitude of lead storage in children with mild to moderate increases in lead absorption, as assessed by edetate disodium calcium testing. Children with blood lead levels higher than 30 µg/dL and erythrocyte protoporphyrin levels higher than 50 pg/dL warrant careful measurement of the size of chelatable, potentially toxic lead stores. Edetate disodium calcium testing provides a more precise basis for therapeutic decisions in a child with mild to moderate increases in lead absorption.
(Am J Dis Child 1982;136:312-315)
Author Affiliations
From Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
Footnotes
Read in part before the annual meeting of the American Pediatrics Society, San Francisco, April 30, 1981.
Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, 111 E 210th St, Bronx, NY 10467 (Dr Saenger).
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