Acute confusion and blindness from quinine toxicity

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-356

  Prasad, Rama S ^a   Kodali, Venkat R R ^a   Khuraijam, Gourashyam S ^a   Cho, Maung ^a   Travers, James P ^a  

^a Strang Douglas   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Keywords; Nocturnal leg cramps; Poisoning; Quinine; Retinal diseases

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; QUININE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLINDNESS; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; QUININE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544227957     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200312000-00025     Document Type: Article

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