A case of amlodipine overdose

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-212

  Poggenborg, René Panduro ^a   Videbæk, Lars ^a   Jacobsen, Ib Abildgaard ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMLODIPINE; DIAZEPAM; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMLODIPINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; HUMANS; MALE; OVERDOSE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33747871564     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2006.pto_318.x     Document Type: Article

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