Correlation of renal status with hematologic profile in viperine bite

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 168-170

  Vijeth, S R ^a   Dutta, Tarun Kumar ^a   Shahapurkar, Jyotsna ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VENOM ANTISERUM; VIPER VENOM;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FIBRINOGENOLYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; NEPHROTOXICITY; SNAKEBITE;

SERPENTES; VIPER;

EID: 0030899541     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.168     Document Type: Article

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