Prognostic factors of green pit viper bites

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-25

  Rojnuckarin, Ponlapat ^a   Mahasandana, Suebsan ^a   Intragumthornchai, Tanin ^a   Sutcharitchan, Pranee ^a   Swasdikul, Daratana ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VENOM ANTISERUM; VIPER VENOM;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SKIN NECROSIS; SNAKEBITE; SUPERINFECTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 0031894389     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.22     Document Type: Article

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