Dendrotoxin poisoning in a neurobiochemist

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-165

  Munday, Stephen W ^a,b,c   Williams, Saralyn R ^a,c   Clark, Richard F ^a,c,d  

^a California Poison Control System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrotoxin; Neurotoxicity; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

DENDROTOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TONGUE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ZYGOMA;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ELAPID VENOMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; DENDROASPIS; DENDROASPIS ANGUSTICEPS;

EID: 0037273017     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-120019132     Document Type: Article

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