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Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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Ecstasy (MDMA)

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II.b ARDS - Acute lung injury

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Last update : 17/04/2012
 
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Publications

Isolated non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema - A rare complication of MDMA toxicity.
The American journal of emergency medicine 2017 Sep;35;1385.e3-1385.e6 2017 Sep
Ecstasy--deadly risk even outside rave parties.
Forensic science international 2005 Oct 29;153;227-30 2005 Oct 29
Fatal multi-organ failure after suicidal overdose with MDMA, 'ecstasy': case report and review of the literature.
Human & experimental toxicology 1999 Feb;18;119-25 1999 Feb
An unusual case of Ecstasy poisoning.
Intensive care medicine 1996 Jul;22;670-1 1996 Jul
'Eve' and 'Ecstasy'. A report of five deaths associated with the use of MDEA and MDMA.
JAMA 1987 Mar 27;257;1615-7 1987 Mar 27

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