Acute human self-poisoning with the N-phenylpyrazole insecticide fipronil - A GABAA-gated chloride channel blocker

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 955-963

  Mohamed, Fahim ^a   Senarathna, Lalith ^a   Percy, Adrian ^b   Abeyewardene, Manel ^c   Eaglesham, Geoffrey ^c   Cheng, Ron ^c   Azher, Shifa ^d   Hittarage, Ariyasena ^e   Dissanayake, Wasantha ^e   Sheriff, M H Rezvi ^a   Davies, Willie ^f   Buckley, Nick A ^a,g   Eddleston, Michael ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d Polonnaruwa General Hospitals ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^e Anuradhapura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^f Bayer CropScience   (United Kingdom)

^g Canberra Clinical School   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fipronil; Pesticide; Poisoning; Seizures; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FIPRONIL; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MALE; MAMMAL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF POISONING; SRI LANKA; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRAZOLES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 19944390174     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-200041784     Document Type: Article

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