Status Epilepticus from an Illegally Imported Chinese Rodenticide: "Tetramine"

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 991-994

  Barrueto Jr , Fermin ^a   Furdyna, Peter M ^b   Hoffman, Robert S ^a   Hoffman, Robert J ^c   Nelson, Lewis S ^a  

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

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cage convulsant; Seizures; Status epilepticus; Tetramine

Indexed keywords

AMINE; LORAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; PYRIDOXINE; RODENTICIDE; TETRAMETHYLENE DISULFOTETRAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; POISONING; RODENTICIDES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0347995031     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-120026523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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