Clinical ergotism with lingual ischemia induced by clarithromycin-ergotamine interaction

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 456-458

  Horowitz, Rivka S ^a   Dart, Richard C ^a   Gomez, Hernan F ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CYTOCHROME P450; ERGOTAMINE TARTRATE; HEPARIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERGOTISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS;

CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG SYNERGISM; ERGOTAMINE; ERGOTISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; SINUSITIS; TONGUE;

EID: 0030021557     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.4.456     Document Type: Article

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