A retrospective analysis of 96 'Asp' (Megalopyge opercularis) envenomations in central Texas during 1996

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 457-462

  Stipetic, Marcel E ^a,b   Rosen, Patricia B ^a   Borys, Douglas J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; URTICARIA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; BITES AND STINGS; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; VIPERIDAE;

MEGALOPYGE; MEGALOPYGE OPERCILARIS;

EID: 0032769950     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-100102436     Document Type: Article

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