Ricin

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 815-824

  Spivak, Laura ^a   Hendrickson, Robert G ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADRENALIN; ANTIDOTE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; RICIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BEAN; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT ALLERGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LD 50; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; STOMACH LAVAGE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 24944546443     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2005.06.006     Document Type: Review

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