Deaths following ingestion of a cardiotoxic plant in Kampuchean children in Thailand.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1986 Dec; 17(4): 601-3
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-31892
ABSTRACT
Twenty-seven Khmer children at a refugee camp in Thailand developed vomiting and diarrhea after ingestion of the seeds of the plant Erythrophleum succirubrum Gagnep. Two children died of cardiac arrest. Ingestion of seed of Erythrophleum species that contain digitalis-like alkaloids causes fatal epidemics of poisoning in children as well as livestock.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Plant Poisoning
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Plants, Toxic
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Arrhythmias, Cardiac
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Refugees
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Thailand
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Humans
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Cambodia
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Heart Arrest
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
1986
Type:
Article
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