Neurotoxicities in infants seen with the consumption of star anise tea

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Ize Ludlow, Diego ^a   Ragone, Sean ^b   Bruck, Isaac S ^c   Bernstein, Jeffrey N ^b   Duchowny, Michael ^d   Garcia Pena B M ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colic; Infants; Neurotoxicity; Star anise

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; ILLICIUM VERUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONUS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; EXCITABILITY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; ILLICIUM VERUM; INTOXICATION; IRRITABILITY; JAPAN; LETHARGY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NYSTAGMUS; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TEA; TENDON REFLEX; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; COLIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ILLICIUM; INFANT; NEWBORN; PHYTOTHERAPY; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION;

COLIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ILLICIUM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; TEA;

EID: 16644362875     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0058     Document Type: Article

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