Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 10 , Pages 547-550 , October 2009

Intravenous Paraquat Poisoning

  • Huan-Wen Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Radiology, Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, Yi-Lan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Tse-Kai Tseng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, Yi-Lan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Liang-Wen Ding

      Affiliations

    • Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, Yi-Lan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Liang-Wen Ding, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, 83, Nan Chang Street, Lotung, Yilan 265, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 6 April 2009 ,Accepted 16 September 2009.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70426-5

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70426-5

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 10 , Pages 547-550 , October 2009

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