Cardiac toxicity associated with ciguatera poisoning

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 373-374

  Miller, R M ^a   Pavia, S ^a   Keary, P ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGUATOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CIGUATERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DINOFLAGELLATE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; VOMITING;

EID: 0033067317     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1999.tb00723.x     Document Type: Article

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