Ingestion of false hellebore plants can cross-react with a digoxin clinical chemistry assay

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 435-442

  Bechtel, L K ^a   Lawrence, D T ^a   Haverstick, D ^a   Powers, J S ^b   Wyatt, S A ^b   Croley, T ^b   Holstege, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Digoxin; False hellebore; Veratrum viride

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; DIGOXIN; RIBIGIRVINE; SOLANIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERATRAMAN; VERATRUM ALKALOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOASSAY; INGESTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; VERATRUM; VOMITING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRADYCARDIA; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CROSS REACTIONS; DIGOXIN; EATING; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; NAUSEA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; VERATRUM; VERATRUM ALKALOIDS; VOMITING;

VERATRUM; VERATRUM VIRIDE;

EID: 77954232539     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563651003733666     Document Type: Article

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