Paralytic shellfish poisoning: Post-mortem analysis of tissue and body fluid samples from human victims in the Patagonia fjords

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-158

  García, Carlos ^a   Bravo, María Del Carmen ^b   Lagos, Marcelo ^a   Lagos, Néstor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Serv Médico Leg XII Reg   (Chile)

Author keywords

Casualties; Chile; High performance liquid chromatography analysis; Paralytic shellfish poisoning; Paralytic shellfish toxins; Patagonia fjords

Indexed keywords

DECARBAMOYLSAXITOXIN; GONYAUTOXIN; GONYAUTOXIN 1; GONYAUTOXIN 4; GONYAUTOXIN 5; GONYAUTOXIN II; GONYAUTOXIN III; HYDROXYL GROUP; NEOSAXITOXIN; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SAXITOXIN; TETRAHYDROPURINE; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; AULACOMYA ATER; AUTOPSY; BILE; BIOASSAY; BIVALVE; BODY FLUID; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DERIVATIZATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; EPIMER; FISHERMAN; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD INTAKE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HARVESTING; HEART; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; LOXECHINUS ALBUS; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEASUREMENT; MEAT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METABOLISM; ONLINE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; PANCREAS; PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEA URCHIN; SHELLFISH; SPLEEN; STOMACH; STOMACH CONTENT; THYROID GLAND; TIME; TISSUE; TOXICITY; URINE; VICTIM;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CHILE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MARINE TOXINS; SAXITOXIN; SHELLFISH;

AULACOMYA ATER; BIVALVIA; ECHINOIDEA; GEUKENSIA DEMISSA; LOXECHINUS ALBUS;

EID: 1442359934     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2003.11.018     Document Type: Article

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