Acute oleander poisoning after a self-prepared tisane (Letter)

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 667-668

  Monzani, Valter ^a   Rovellini, Angelo ^a   Schinco, Giuseppina ^a   Rampoldi, Erica ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS;

CARDIOTOXICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; LETTER; OLEANDER; PLANT INTOXICATION; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT POISONING; PLANTS, TOXIC; POTASSIUM;

EID: 0030829654     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563659709001252     Document Type: Letter

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