South American rattlesnake bite (Crotalus durissus sp) without envenoming: Insights on diagnosis and treatment

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2029-2032

  De Rezende, Nilton Alves ^a,d   Torres, Felipe Maia ^a   Dias, Mariana Borges ^b   Campolina, Delio ^b   Chavez Olortegui, Carlos ^c   Amaral, Carlos Faria Santos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Joao XXIII   (Brazil)

^c FUNED   (Brazil)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENVENOMATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SNAKEBITE; SOUTH AMERICA;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS;

EID: 0032402046     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00112-3     Document Type: Article

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