Coma from long-term overingestion of isoniazid

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2518-2520

  Salkind, Alan R ^a,b,c   Hewitt, Carla C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRIDOXINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; NEUROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030695357     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.21.2518     Document Type: Article

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