A retrospective study of mushroom poisoning in Iran

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 609-613

  Pajoumand, A ^a   Shadnia, S ^a,b   Efricheh, H ^b   Mandegary, A ^b,c   Hassanian Moghaddam, H ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Human; Iran; Mushroom; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; PROTHROMBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; IRAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LATENT PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSHROOM POISONING; MYDRIASIS; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENDON REFLEX; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 29444447633     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327105ht572oa     Document Type: Article

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