Animal poisons and the nervous system: What the neurologist needs to know

Neurology in Practice

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Harris, J B ^a   Goonetilleke, A ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGUATOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VENOM; PALYTOXIN; POISON; SCORPION VENOM; SNAKE VENOM; SPIDER VENOM; TETRODOTOXIN;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BITE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DINOFLAGELLATE; DISEASE COURSE; FASCICULATION; FOOD POISONING; GAMBIERDISCUS TOXICUS; GYMNODINIUM BREVIS; HUMAN; INSECT STING; INTOXICATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SCORPION; SEA FOOD; SNAKE; SPIDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TICK BITE; ANIMAL; BEE; BITES AND STINGS; BLEEDING; CIGUATERA; DYSPHONIA; ENVENOMATION; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JELLYFISH; PTOSIS; SEA ANEMONE; WASP;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SEAFOOD; SNAKE BITES; TICK PARALYSIS;

EID: 4344631626     PISSN: 14737086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.045724     Document Type: Review

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