Acute myocardial infarction temporally related to betel nut chewing

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-28

  Hung, Dong Zong ^a   Deng, Jou Fang ^b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALKALOID; ARECOLINE; CREATINE KINASE; DILTIAZEM; HEART ENZYME; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LIDOCAINE; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MALE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

PIPER BETEL;

EID: 0031909737     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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