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intoxication with Buckthorn

Karwinskia humboldtiana, coyotillo, tullidora

SYnopsis

- flaccid, symmetric, progressive, and ascending palsy of the lower limbs
- bulbar palsy
- possible death

Differential diagnosis

- poliomyelitis
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- polyradiculoneuritis syndromes

References

- Ocampo-Roosens LV, Ontiveros-Nevares PG, Fernandez-Lucio O. Intoxication with Buckthorn (Karwinskia humboldtiana): Report of Three Siblings. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2007 Jan-Feb;10(1):66-8. PMID: 17378625