Puffer fish poisoning : Clinical features and management experience in 25 cases

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 385-389

  Kanchanapongkul, Jirasak ^a  

^a CHONBURI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Puffer Fish Poisoning

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOXIC FISH;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES, POISONOUS; HUMANS; MALE; PARESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0035288673     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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