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Mushroom poisoning from species of genus Inocybe (fiber head mushroom): a case series with exact species identification

Yael Lurie Israel Poison Information Center, Rambam Health Care Campus, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Solomon P Wasser International Center for Cryptogamic Plants and Fungi, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Muhammad Taha Department of Emergency Medicine, The Nazareth Hospital EMMS, Nazareth, Israel
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Haj Shehade Department of Internal Medicine, The Nazareth Hospital EMMS, Nazareth, Israel
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Josef Nijim Department of Pediatrics, The Nazareth Hospital EMMS, Nazareth, Israel
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Yoav Hoffmann Department of Pediatrics A, Rambam Health Care Campus, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Fuad Basis Department of Emergency Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Moshe Vardi Division of Internal Medicine, Carmel Medical Center, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Ophir Lavon Israel Poison Information Center, Rambam Health Care Campus, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Suliman Suaed Department of Internal Medicine, The Nazareth Hospital EMMS, Nazareth, Israel
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Bishara Bisharat Epidemiology, The Nazareth Hospital EMMS, Nazareth, Israel
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Yedidia Bentur Israel Poison Information Center, Rambam Health Care Campus, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 562-565 | Received 16 Feb 2009, Accepted 27 Apr 2009, Published online: 30 Jun 2009

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