Poisoning due to raw Gyromitra esculenta (false morels) west of the Rockies

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-130

  Leathem, Anne M ^a   Dorran, Thomas J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Nanaimo Regional General Hospital   (Colombia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

False morel; Gyromitra esculenta; Gyromitrin; Monomethylhydrazine; Mushroom poisoning

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; DIMENHYDRINATE; FAMOTIDINE; PETHIDINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY WARD; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MUSHROOM POISONING; NAUSEA; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VOMITING;

EID: 34047137898     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500014937     Document Type: Article

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