γ-Hydroxybutyrate serum levels and clinical syndrome after severe overdose

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-8

  Sporer, Karl A ^a,d   Chin, Rachel L ^a   Ellen Dyer, Jo ^a,c   Lamb, Ryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CA Poison Ctrl Syst SF Division   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; INTOXICATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SCORING SYSTEM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037678912     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.253     Document Type: Article

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