Unexpectedly dangerous escargot stew: Oleandrin poisoning through the alimentary chain

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 683-686

  Gechtman, Cecilia ^a   Guidugli, Federico ^b   Marocchi, Alessandro ^a   Masarin, Adriano ^a   Zoppi, Francesco ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; NERIUM OLEANDER EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGOXIN BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; HELIX POMATIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM; SNAIL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

GASTROPODA; HELIX POMATIA; NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER;

EID: 33845475837     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/30.9.683     Document Type: Article

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