Cassia occidentalis poisoning causes fatal coma in children in Western Uttar Pradesh

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 522-525

  Vashishtha, Vipin M ^a   Kumar, Amod ^b   John, T Jacob ^c   Nayak, N C ^d  

^a Mangla Hospital   (India)

^b ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

^c Sir Ganga Ram Hospital ^*  (India)

^d SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cassia occidentalis; Encephalopathy; Hepato myo encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; POISONOUS PLANT; SENNA;

BRAIN DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEEDS; SENNA PLANT; SYNDROME;

EID: 34447523696     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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