Acute upper extremity ischemia during concomitant use of ergotamine tartrate and ampicillin

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 420-424

  Fukui, Sumio ^a   Coggia, Marc ^a   Goëau Brissonnière, Olivier ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ERGOTAMINE TARTRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LIMB ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030803481     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169900072     Document Type: Article

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