Thrombocytopenia following timber rattlesnake envenomation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-44

  Bond, G R ^a   Burkhart, K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030874303     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70108-2     Document Type: Article

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