Acute poisoning with Diffenbachia picta

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 356-358

  Wiese, Miroslawa ^a   Kruszewska, Sylwestra ^a   Kolacinski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CHOLINE; FUSAFUNGINE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; PENICILLIN G; PLANT TOXIN; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM TETRAHYDROPHTHALATE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BURN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ENTERIC FEEDING; HIGHER PLANT; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INFLAMMATION; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BLISTER; CALCIUM GLUCONATE; EDEMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PENICILLINS; PLANT POISONING; PREDNISOLONE; SALIVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0029768043     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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