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Unknown Herbal Poisoning with Fatal Outcome
Background: Herbs can be toxic and may be even life-threatening. The mixture of different plants and herbs made by traditional healer and their canvassing on the street attract general people. Here, we report four cases of severe herbal poisoning. Case presentation: In 2008, four young people rushed to DMC Hospital in the early morning with a history of taking herbal medicine (tonic) on that ni...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.299.6703.847