Disseminated intravascular coagulation after Cerastes vipera envenomation in a 3-year-old child: a case report

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1593-1598

  Lifshitz, Matitiahu ^a   Kapelushnik, Joseph ^a   Ben Harosh, Miriam ^a   Sofer, Shaul ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cerastes vipera; Children; Coagulopathy; Envenomation

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENVENOMATION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FOOT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKEBITE;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SNAKE BITES; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

CERASTES VIPERA; SERPENTES; VIPERA;

EID: 0034335368     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00239-1     Document Type: Article

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