A fatal case of severe methaemoglobinemia due to nitrobenzene poisoning

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-71

  Gupta, Alok ^a   Jain, Nirdesh ^a   Agrawal, Avinash ^a   Khanna, Arjun ^a   Gutch, Manish ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; NITROBENZENE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIDOTES; ASCORBIC ACID; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; METHYLENE BLUE; NITROBENZENES; SUICIDE;

EID: 84455191686     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.07.2011.4431rep     Document Type: Article

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