Coma in a child after treatment with the 'magic salve' lidocaine-prilocaine cream;Coma bij een peuter na behandeling met de 'toverzalf' lidocaïne- prilocaïnecrème

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 150, Issue 33, 2006, Pages 1805-1807

  Wieringa, J W ^a   Ketel, A G ^a   Van Houten, M A ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DEPRESSION; EXCITATION; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; SKIN DISEASE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; OINTMENTS; OXYGEN; PRILOCAINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749173661     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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