Fructose-1, 6-diphosphate (FDP) as a novel antidote for yellow oleander-induced cardiac toxicity: A randomized controlled double blind study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cardiac toxicity due to ingestion of oleander plant seeds in Sri Lanka and some other South Asian countries is very common. At present symptomatic oleander seed poisoning carries a mortality of 10% in Sri Lanka and treatment of yello...

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Main Authors: Dawson Andrew H, Azher Shifa, Narangoda Shantha K, Rathnathilake Ashoka, Bowe Steven J, Mohamed Fahim, Gawarammana Indika, Buckley Nick A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-227X/10/15