Another bitter pill: A case of toxicity from DMAA party pills

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1327, 2010, Pages 124-127

  Gee, Paul ^a   Jackson, Suzanne ^a   Easton, Josie ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLAMYLAMINE; PENTYLAMINE; PHENYTOIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DISORIENTATION; DROWSINESS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; SLURRED SPEECH; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL DECONGESTANTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650729734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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