A leading question

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 827-830

  Beigel, Yitzhak ^a   Ostfeld, Iris ^a   Schoenfeld, Nili ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; COPROPORPHYRIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IRON; LEAD; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; PORPHOBILINOGEN; PORPHYRIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN; SUCCIMER; UROPORPHYRIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRRITABILITY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MICROCYTOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PORPHYRIA; PORPHYRIN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TABLET; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; PHYTOTHERAPY; URINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PORPHYRIAS; PORPHYRINS;

EID: 0032541668     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199809173391208     Document Type: Review

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