Lethal poisoning with slimming drug;Dodelig dorgiftning med letigen

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 161, Issue 50, 1999, Pages 6937-6938

  Hedetoft, Christoffer ^a   Jensen, Carsten Huus ^b   Christensen, Mette R ^b   Christensen, Ole ^b  

^a NONE   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; EPHEDRINE; LETIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; SUICIDE; DRUG COMBINATION; FATALITY; INTOXICATION;

ADULT; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EPHEDRINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; SUICIDE;

EID: 0033552520     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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