Short report: Persistent bradycardia caused by ciguatoxin poisoning after barracuda fish eggs ingestion in southern Taiwan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1026-1027

  Hung, Yao Min ^a   Hung, Shih Yuan ^b   Chou, Kang Ju ^a   Huang, Neng Chyan ^a   Tung, Chung Ni ^a   Hwang, Deng Fwu ^c   Chung, Hsiao Min ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CIGUATOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INFUSION; EGG; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; TAIWAN; VOMITING;

EID: 29844446144     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.1026     Document Type: Article

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