Ingestion of angel's trumpet: An increasingly common source of toxicity

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 365-369

  Greene, Geoffrey S ^a   Patterson, Stephen G ^a   Warner, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSOSTIGMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPRANOLOL; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PLANT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATURA STRAMONIUM; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT POISONING; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLANTS, TOXIC; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0029940808     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199604000-00002     Document Type: Article

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