Clinical botulism among injecting drug users;Klinisk sårbotulisme hos sprøytenarkomane

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 118, Issue 28, 1998, Pages 4363-4365

  Jensen, Torstein ^a   Jacobsen, Dag ^a   Von Lippe, Elisabeth Der ^a   Heier, Mona Skard ^b   Selseth, Britt ^c  

^a Klinikk for Akuttmedisin ^*  (Norway)

^b Klinisk Nevrofysiologisk Laboratorium   (Norway)

^c Nevrologisk Avdeling   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTULISM; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; BOTULISM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 18544399220     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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