A sting from an unknown jellyfish species associated with persistent symptoms and raised troponin I levels

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-180

  Taylor, David McD ^a   Pereira, Peter ^a   Seymour, Jamie ^a   Winkel, Kenneth D ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Irukandji; Jellyfish; Nematocyst; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; VENOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JELLYFISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; SCYPHOZOA; TROPONIN I;

EID: 0036291774     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2002.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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