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- Title
Intoxication by star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) in 32 uraemic patients: treatment and outcome.
- Authors
Neto, Miguel Moyses; da Costa, José Abrão Cardeal; Garcia-Cairasco, Norberto; Netto, Joaquim Coutinho; Nakagawa, Beatriz; Dantas, Marcio
- Abstract
Clinical symptoms and outcomes of uraemic patients ingesting star fruit are quite variable and may progress to death. The purpose of the present report was to discuss the neurotoxic effects of star fruit intoxication in uraemic patients and to present the efficacy of different therapeutic approaches.
- Publication
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2003, Vol 18, Issue 1, p120
- ISSN
0931-0509
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndt/18.1.120