An Internet misadventure: Bloodroot salve toxicity

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1125-1127

  Cienki, John J ^a   Zaret, Larry ^a  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVE; SANGUINARIA; SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS; SKIN DEFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SANGUINARIA; SELF MEDICATION; SKIN DISEASES; THORAX;

EID: 77958186200     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0140     Document Type: Article

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