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Severe childhood poisoning caused by Ferraga practices. Data from the Moroccan Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Centre

Mina Talib, Naima Rhalem, Abderrahim Chebat, Abdelmajid Soulaymani, Rachida Soulaymani-Bencheikh, Souad Skalli and Jamila Dahmani
Saudi Medical Journal November 2024, 45 (11) 1277-1280; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.11.20240564
Mina Talib
From the Laboratory of Plant, Animal, and Agro-Industry Production (Talib, Dahmani); from the Biology and Health Laboratory (Soulaymani), Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, from the Department of Toxicology (Rhalem); from the Department of Pharmacology (Soulaymani-Bencheikh), Anti-poison and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco, and from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (Skalli), Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
Roles: PhD Student
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Naima Rhalem
From the Laboratory of Plant, Animal, and Agro-Industry Production (Talib, Dahmani); from the Biology and Health Laboratory (Soulaymani), Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, from the Department of Toxicology (Rhalem); from the Department of Pharmacology (Soulaymani-Bencheikh), Anti-poison and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco, and from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (Skalli), Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
MD, PhD
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Abderrahim Chebat
From the Laboratory of Plant, Animal, and Agro-Industry Production (Talib, Dahmani); from the Biology and Health Laboratory (Soulaymani), Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, from the Department of Toxicology (Rhalem); from the Department of Pharmacology (Soulaymani-Bencheikh), Anti-poison and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco, and from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (Skalli), Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
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Abdelmajid Soulaymani
From the Laboratory of Plant, Animal, and Agro-Industry Production (Talib, Dahmani); from the Biology and Health Laboratory (Soulaymani), Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, from the Department of Toxicology (Rhalem); from the Department of Pharmacology (Soulaymani-Bencheikh), Anti-poison and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco, and from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (Skalli), Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
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Rachida Soulaymani-Bencheikh
From the Laboratory of Plant, Animal, and Agro-Industry Production (Talib, Dahmani); from the Biology and Health Laboratory (Soulaymani), Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, from the Department of Toxicology (Rhalem); from the Department of Pharmacology (Soulaymani-Bencheikh), Anti-poison and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco, and from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (Skalli), Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
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Souad Skalli
From the Laboratory of Plant, Animal, and Agro-Industry Production (Talib, Dahmani); from the Biology and Health Laboratory (Soulaymani), Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, from the Department of Toxicology (Rhalem); from the Department of Pharmacology (Soulaymani-Bencheikh), Anti-poison and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco, and from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (Skalli), Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
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Jamila Dahmani
From the Laboratory of Plant, Animal, and Agro-Industry Production (Talib, Dahmani); from the Biology and Health Laboratory (Soulaymani), Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, from the Department of Toxicology (Rhalem); from the Department of Pharmacology (Soulaymani-Bencheikh), Anti-poison and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco, and from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology (Skalli), Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
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Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2024, 45 (11) 1277-1280; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.11.20240564

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Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2024, 45 (11) 1277-1280; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.11.20240564
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