A Rare Ingestion of the Black Locust Tree

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-95

  Hui, Alan ^a   Marraffa, Jeanna M ^a   Stork, Christine M ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Locust; Robinia pseudoacacia; Toxalbumin

Indexed keywords

ABRIN; ACTIVATED CARBON; INFUSION FLUID; ONDANSETRON;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BARK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MASTICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ROBINIA; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; ONDANSETRON; PALLIATIVE CARE; PLANT BARK; PLANT POISONING; ROBINIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EMESIS; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 1842428950     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-120028752     Document Type: Article

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