Clinical and epidemiological study of 27 poisonings caused by ingesting puffer fish (Tetrodontidae) in the states of Santa Catarina and Bahia, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-55

  Silva, Claudia Carvalho Pestana ^a   Zannin, Marlene ^a   Rodrigues, Daisy Schwab ^b   Dos Santos, Claudia Regina ^a   Correa, Ieda Ana ^a   Haddad Jr , Vidal ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b General Hospital Roberto Santos   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Human poisoning; Poisonous fish; Puffer fish; Saxitoxin; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

SAXITOXIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUFFER FISH; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXIC FISH;

EID: 77949693794     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652010000100009     Document Type: Article

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