Ciguatera fish poisoning following travel to the tropics

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 327-330

  Sanner, Bernd M ^a,b   Rawert, B ^a   Henning, B ^a   Zidek, W ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

ciguatera; ciguatoxin; fish poisoning; grouper; neurotoxic disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CIGUATOXIN; FISH VENOM; POISON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PARESTHESIA; PRURITUS; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRADYCARDIA; CIGUATERA POISONING; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FISHES; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PARESTHESIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 0030925507     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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