Electromyographic and laboratory findings in acute Solanum torvum poisoning

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 61-65

  Glover, Robert L ^a   Connors, Nicholas J ^b   Stefan, Cristiana ^c   Wong, Ernest ^c   Hoffman, Robert S ^d   Nelson, Lewis S ^d,e   Milstein, Mark ^a   Smith, Silas W ^d,e   Swerdlow, Michael ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; solanum torvum; susumber berries

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CHACONINE; SOLAMARGINE; SOLANIDINE; SOLANINE; SOLASODINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA-SOLAMARGINE; DIOSGENIN; SOLANUM ALKALOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GAIT DISORDER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; LIMB DISEASE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIOSIS; MYALGIA; MYOTONIA; OPSOCLONUS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SLURRED SPEECH; SOLANUM TORVUM; SOLANUM TORVUM POISONING; SPEECH DISORDER; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING; BLOOD; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FRUIT; INTOXICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SOLANUM;

DIOSGENIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FRUIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOLANACEOUS ALKALOIDS; SOLANUM;

EID: 84951566675     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2015.1110749     Document Type: Article

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