Abstract
Clinical accounts of a human fatality resulting from ingestion of the crab Demania reynaudii are documented. The causative toxin was suggested to be palytoxin on the basis of dose-death time relationships and chromatographic properties.
MeSH terms
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Acrylamides*
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Animals
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Brachyura*
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Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
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Cnidarian Venoms / poisoning*
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Foodborne Diseases*
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Heart Rate / drug effects
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Humans
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Male
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Marine Toxins / poisoning*
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Middle Aged
Substances
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Acrylamides
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Cnidarian Venoms
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Marine Toxins
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palytoxin