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MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION IN PREGNANCY: SUSPECTED ERGOT POISONING
Author(s) -
Holmes Gerald,
Martin Edwin,
Tabua Sevania
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1969.tb107560.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , occlusion , vascular occlusion , obstetrics , biology , genetics
A series of five fatal cases of gangrene of the bowel in pregnant women is reported. The circumstances of the outbreak suggest that a vasospastic poison was implicated.