Fatality Following Intentional Ingestion of Cerbera odollam Seeds

Ryan Misek1, Glenn Allen2, Valerie LeComte1

  • 1Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Downers Grove, Illinois.

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