Severe envenomation by a "pet" vine snake

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 232-234

  Muguti, G I ^a,b   Dube, M ^a  

^a MPILO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLUBRIDAE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SNAKE BITES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032149329     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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