Methylene blue and fatal encephalopathy from ackee fruit poisoning

Lancet. 1999 May 8;353(9164):1623-4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)75749-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Africa, Western / epidemiology
  • Brain Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Brain Diseases / epidemiology
  • Brain Diseases / mortality
  • Child, Preschool
  • Fruit / poisoning*
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycins / poisoning
  • Methylene Blue / therapeutic use*
  • Plant Poisoning / drug therapy
  • Plant Poisoning / epidemiology
  • Plant Poisoning / mortality

Substances

  • Hypoglycins
  • Methylene Blue