Prussian blue for treatment of thallium overdose in the US

Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 796-797

  Miller, Michael A ^a   Patel, Manish M ^b   Coon, Troy ^a  

^a CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Overdose; Prussian blue; Thallium

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANTIDOTE; FERRIC FERROCYANIDE; THALLIUM;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG INTOXICATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POISON CENTER; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 27644582427     PISSN: 00185787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001857870504000909     Document Type: Article

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