Vipera palaestinae snake envenomations: Experience in children

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 683-687

  Paret, G ^a   Ben Abraham, R ^a   Ezra, D ^a   Shrem, D ^a   Eshel, G ^a   Vardi, A ^a   Winkler, E ^a   Barzilay, Z ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antivenom treatment; Envenomation; Vipera palaestinae

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEG; MALE; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SNAKEBITE; URBAN AREA;

SERPENTES; VIPERA PALAESTINAE;

EID: 0030733760     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096032719701601110     Document Type: Article

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