Cassia occidentalis toxicity causes recurrent outbreaks of brain disease in children in Saharanpur

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 413-414

  Panwar, R S ^a   Kumar, Narendra ^a  

^a District Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE; SA 14 14 2;

ANAMNESIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TOXICITY; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS; CHILD CARE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MASS MEDIUM; MORTALITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENNA; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

BRAIN DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FABACEAE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RECURRENCE; SENNA PLANT;

EID: 51349112932     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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