Blue lips, coma and haemolysis

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-68

  Blundell, S ^a   Curtin, J ^a,b   Fitzgerald, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; COPPER SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COPPER METABOLISM; DISEASE COURSE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; CHARCOAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; COPPER SULFATE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037286871     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2003.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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