Fatal microcystin intoxication in haemodialysis unit in Caruaru, Brazil

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9121, 1998, Pages 21-26

  Pouria, Shideh ^a   De Andrade, A ^b   Barbosa, J ^c   Cavalcanti, R L ^b   Barreto, V T S ^b   Ward, C J ^g   Preiser, W ^d   Poon, Grace K ^e   Neild, G H ^a,f   Codd, G A ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL BARÃO DE LUCENA   (Brazil)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Advanced Bioanalytical Services Inc   (United States)

^f MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOGINOSIN; DRINKING WATER; LAKE WATER; LIVER ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLINDNESS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLUE GREEN ALGA; BRAZIL; CONVULSION; CYANOBACTERIUM; FATALITY; FEMALE; FILTER; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0002357912     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)12285-1     Document Type: Article

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