History of the crush syndrome: From the earthquakes of messina, sicily 1909 to spitak, armenia 1988

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 392-394

  Better, O S ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Crush; Muscle; Myoglobinuria

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARMENIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; ETIOLOGY; FLUID THERAPY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARMENIA; CRUSH SYNDROME; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LONDON; NATURAL DISASTERS; SICILY; WAR;

EID: 0030922743     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000169127     Document Type: Article

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