An unusual cause of suicide: Henna (Lawsonia inermis Linn.) [1]

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-344

  Kök, Ahmet Nezih ^a   Ertekin, Vildan ^a   Bilge, Yaşar ^b   Işik, Ali Fuat ^c  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAWSONIA INERMIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANAMNESIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; AUTOPSY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; LARYNX EDEMA; LETTER; LUNG CONGESTION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; SUICIDE;

EID: 25644446215     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.06.003     Document Type: Letter

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