Seafood intoxication by tetrodotoxin: First case in europe

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 612-617

  Fernndez Ortega, Juan Francisco ^a   Santos, Jos M Morales De Los ^a   Herrera Gutirrez, Manuel E ^a   Fernndez Snchez, Victoria ^a   Loureo, Paula Rodrguez ^b   Rancao, Amparo Alfonso ^b   Tllez Andrade, A ^c  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Laboratorio Provincial de Salud Pblica   (Spain)

Author keywords

poisoning; respiratory failure; seafood intoxication; tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SHELLFISH POISONING; URINALYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLLUSK VENOMS; PARALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SHELLFISH POISONING; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 78049272325     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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