Accidental poisoning with Veratrum album mistaken for wild garlic (Allium ursinum)

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 949-952

  Gilotta, Irene ^a   Brvar, Miran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Allium ursinum; Bradycardia; Poisoning; Veratrum album; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ATROPINE; PLANT TOXIN; VERATRUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; ALLIUM URSINUM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GARLIC; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NAUSEA; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SKIN TINGLING; STOMACH LAVAGE; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; ALLIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT POISONING; VERATRUM;

ALLIUM URSINUM; GENTIANA LUTEA; SYNCOPE; VERATRUM; VERATRUM ALBUM;

EID: 78650490125     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2010.533675     Document Type: Article

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