Scombroid fish poisoning: Successful treatment with cimetidine

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-125

  Guss, D A ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cimetidine; H1 receptor antagonists; H2 receptor blocker; Histamine; Scombroid fish poisoning

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; MALE; TUNA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CIMETIDINE; FOOD POISONING; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; TUNA;

EID: 0032085795     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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