Death by 'Ecstasy': The serotonin syndrome?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3 I, 1998, Pages 377-380

  Mueller, P D ^a   Korey, W S ^a  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0031709396     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70018-6     Document Type: Article

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