Ciguatera: From the etiology of the phenomenon to the treatment of its symptoms;La ciguatera: De l'étiologie du phénomène au traitement de ses symptômes

Journal de la Societe de Biologie

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-139

  Boydron Le Garrec, R ^a   Benoit, Evelyne ^b   Sauviat, Martin Pierre ^c   Frostin, Maryvonne ^d   Laurent, Dominique ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b LABORATOIRE DE NEUROBIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CIGUATERA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; GAMBIERDISCUS; GAMBIERDISCUS TOXICUS;

EID: 32444432271     PISSN: 12950661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/jbio:2005014     Document Type: Article

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