Severe seafood poisoning in French Polynesia: A retrospective analysis of 129 medical files

Toxicon

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 746-753

  Gatti, C ^a   Oelher, E ^b   Legrand, A M ^a  

^a INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

^b Centre Hospitalier de la Polynesie Francaise CHPF   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Case report; Ciguatera; Guillain Barr syndrome; Neuropathy; Seafood poisoning

Indexed keywords

LYNGBYATOXIN; TETRODOTOXIN; TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRADYCARDIA; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIPLOPIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FRENCH POLYNESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SHARK; SYMPTOM; TURTLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIGUATERA POISONING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PERCIFORMES; POLYNESIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAFOOD;

CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; CIGUATERA;

EID: 40849136211     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.11.025     Document Type: Article

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