A case of organophosphate poisoning presenting with seizure and unavailable history of parenteral suicide attempt

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-134

  Pandit, Vinay ^a   Seshadri, Shubha ^a   Rao, S N ^a   Samarasinghe, Charmaine ^a   Kumar, Ashwini ^a   Valsalan, Rohith ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Organophosphate poison; parenteral; seizure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952372899     PISSN: 09742700     EISSN: 0974519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.76825     Document Type: Article

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