The patient with rhabdomyolysis: Have you considered quail poisoning?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 325-326

  Tsironi, Maria ^a   Andriopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Xamodraka, Eytixia ^a   Deftereos, Spyros ^a   Vassilopoulos, Athanasios ^a   Asimakopoulos, Giorgos ^a   Aessopos, Athanasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COTURNISM; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINE COLOR;

EID: 4344571606     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1031256     Document Type: Article

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