Acute Human Self‐Poisoning with theN‐Phenylpyrazole Insecticide Fipronil—a GABAA‐Gated Chloride Channel Blocker
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology
- Vol. 42 (7), 955-963
- https://doi.org/10.1081/clt-200041784
Abstract
Objective: Fipronil, a broad spectrum N‐phenylpyrazole insecticide that inhibits GABAA‐gated chloride channels, has been in use since the mid‐1990s. A high affinity for insect compared to mammalian...Keywords
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