Clinical features and management of Hadronyche envenomation in man

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 409-427

  Miller, Mark K ^a   Whyte, Ian M ^a   White, Julian ^b   Keir, Philippa M ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVENOMATION; FIRST AID; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INSECT BITE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; TAXONOMY; TOURNIQUET;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FIRST AID; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROTOXINS; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; ATRAX; ATRAX ROBUSTUS; DIPLURIDAE; HADRONYCHE; HADRONYCHE INFENSA;

EID: 0033991212     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00171-3     Document Type: Article

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