Puffer fish poisoning: A family affair

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-182

  Chua, Hock Hin ^a   Chew, L P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SULTANAH AMINAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Poisoning; Puffer fish; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; TETRODOTOXIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PUFFER FISH; PUFFER FISH POISONING; PUFFER FISH POSIONING; PULSE RATE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; URTICARIA; ANIMAL; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 77449151487     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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