Rattlesnake envenomations: Unusual case presentations

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 474-479

  Tanen, David A ^a   Ruha, Anne Michelle ^a   Graeme, Kimberlie A ^a,b   Curry, Steven C ^a,b   Fischione, Mark A ^c  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0035847631     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.3.474     Document Type: Article

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