Was it something she ate? Case report and discussion of scombroid poisoning

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 587-588

  Predy, Gerry ^b   Honish, Lance ^c   Hohn, William ^c   Jones, Stephen ^a  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Capital Health Edmonton   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HISTAMINE; HISTIDINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; TACHYCARDIA; TUNA;

EID: 0037418356     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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