Cardiac effects of "mad honey": A case series

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 528-532

  Okuyan, Ertugrul ^a   Uslu, Ahmet ^b   Ozan Levent, Mustafa ^b  

^a Department of Cardiology Bagcilar Education and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b Serife Baci State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiotoxicity; Grayanotoxin; Mad honey

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DOPAMINE; GRAYANOTOXIN; DITERPENE; GRAYANOTOXIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HONEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTOXICATION; MALE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEART; MIDDLE AGED; RHODODENDRON; TURKEY;

SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; DITERPENES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEART; HONEY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHODODENDRON; TURKEY;

EID: 77956904023     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2010.497150     Document Type: Article

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