Acute neuropathy after exposure to sun in a patient treated with St John's Wort

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9134, 1998, Pages 1121-1122

  Bove, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN EXPOSURE;

EID: 0032480534     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79763-4     Document Type: Article

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