Plant poisonings from herbal medication admitted to a Tunisian toxicologic intensive care unit, 1983-1998

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 137-141

  Hamouda, C ^c   Amamou, M ^c   Thabet, H ^c   Yacoub, M ^c   Hedhili, A ^c   Bescharnia, F ^c   Ben Salah, N ^a   Zhioua, M ^a   Abdelmoumen, S ^a   El Mekki Ben Brahim, N ^b  

^a Centre d'Assistance Medicale Urgente   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATURA STRAMONIUM EXTRACT; NERIUM OLEANDER EXTRACT; PEGANUM HARMALA EXTRACT; PLANT TOXIN; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILD; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; PHYTOTOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT POISONING; PLANTS, TOXIC; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNISIA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 18744427929     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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