Short report: Treatment of snake envenomations by a new polyvalent antivenom composed of highly purified F(ab')2: Results of a clinical trial in northern Cameroon

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1017-1018

  Chippaux, Jean Philippe ^a   Lang, Jean ^b   Amadi Eddine, Soulaïmana ^c   Fagot, Pierre ^d   Le Mener, Valentine ^b  

^a Ctr Rech Meningites Schistosomoses   (Niger)

^b Medical Department   (France)

^c Hôpital Régional   (Cameroon)

^d CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; VERTIGO;

SERPENTES;

EID: 0033381296     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.1017     Document Type: Article

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