Methylene blue and fatal encephalopathy from ackee fruit poisoning (multiple letters) [4]

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9164, 1999, Pages 1622-1623

  Kupfer, A ^a   Idle, J R ^a   Quere, M ^a   Ogouassangni, A ^a   Bokossa, A ^a   Perra, A ^a   Van Damme, W ^a   Stanley, H ^a   Sherratt, A ^a   Turnbull, D M ^a  

^a NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHYLENE BLUE; RIBOFLAVIN;

BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MALARIA; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; FRUIT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTOXICATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033535829     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(05)75747-0     Document Type: Letter

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