Relationship between serum aconitines level and clinical features of aconite poisoning

Journal of Traditional Medicines

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 67-73

  Terui, Katsutoshi ^a   Fujita, Yuji ^a   Takei, Masao ^a   Aoki, Hidehiko ^a   Endo, Shigeatsu ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aconite poisoning; arrhythmias; lidocaine

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957607866     PISSN: 18801447     EISSN: 18813747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11339/jtm.25.67     Document Type: Article

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