Star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) toxic encephalopathy;Encéphalopathie toxique par ingestion de carambole (Averrhoa carambola)

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-272

  Signate A ^a   Olindo, S ^a   Chausson, N ^a   Cassinoto, C ^a   Edimo Nana, M ^a   Saint Vil, M ^a   Cabre, P ^a   Smadja, D ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalo Universitaire   (Martinique)

Author keywords

Hiccups; Star fruit; Status epilepticus; Toxic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CLONAZEPAM; METOCLOPRAMIDE; OXALIC ACID; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL; PLANT TOXIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEMOFILTRATION; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; THALAMUS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING; BRAIN DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; FRUIT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMOFILTRATION; HICCUP; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PLANT POISONING; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOMITING;

EID: 65449150901     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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