Survey of Amanita phalloides poisoning: Clinical findings and follow-up evaluation

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 955-961

  Krenova M ^a   Pelclova D ^a   Navratil T ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

death cap; hepatotoxicity; nephrotoxicity; toxicological information centre

Indexed keywords

AMANITA PHALLOIDES; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; PROTHROMBIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMANITA PHALLOIDES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLITARY KIDNEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AMANITA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSHROOM POISONING; PLANTS, TOXIC; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43249101681     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327107085832     Document Type: Article

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