Transient ischemic attack secondary to hypertensive crisis related to Panax ginseng [5]

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1970-

  Martínez Mir, Inocencia ^a   Rubio, Elena ^a   Morales Olivas, Francisco J ^b   Palop Larrea, Vicente ^c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GINSENG EXTRACT;

ADULT; BALANCE DISORDER; BLINDNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHASIA; GINSENG; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; LETTER; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VISUAL DISORDER;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANAX;

EID: 84862447384     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1E213     Document Type: Letter

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