Nervous system complications related to podophylline ingestion: Report of two cases;Complicaciones del sistema nervioso central y periferico por ingesta de podofilina: Reporte de dos casos

Revista Ecuatoriana de Neurologia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-29

  Alarcón, Fernando ^a   Cevallos, Nelson ^a  

^a HOSPITAL EUGENIO ESPEJO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PODOPHYLLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030014499     PISSN: 10198113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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