Cardioactive steroid poisoning from an herbal cleansing preparation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 396-399

  Barrueto Jr , Fermin ^a,c   Jortani, Saeed A ^b   Valdes Jr , R ^b   Hoffman, Robert S ^a   Nelson, Lewis S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFODIENOLIDE; CARDENOLIDE; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; DIGITOXIN; DIGOXIGENIN; DIGOXIN; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY F(AB) FRAGMENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; OLEANDRIGENIN; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG INTOXICATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0037373534     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.89     Document Type: Article

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