Renal involvement in Russell's viper bite patients without disseminated intravascular coagulation

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 322-324

  Win Aung, ^a   Khin Pa Pa Kyaw, ^a   Baby Hla, ^a   Saw Sandar Aye, ^b   Saw Phone Naing, ^b   Aye Kyaw, ^a   Tin Nu Swe, ^b  

^a Biochemistry Research Division   (Myanmar)

^b Department of Medical Research ^*  (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Daboia russelii siamensis; Myanmar; Renal damage; Snake bite

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; SNAKE VENOM; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; PROTEINURIA; SNAKEBITE; TIME; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE LEVEL;

DABOIA RUSSELII; SERPENTES; VIPER;

EID: 0031832884     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91031-8     Document Type: Article

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