Snakebites by Crotalus durissus ssp in children in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 133-138

  Bucaretchi, Fábio ^a   Herrera, Sílvia Regina Fontoura ^a   Hyslop, Stephen ^a   Baracat, Emílio Carlos Elias ^a   Vieira, Ronan José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Children; Crotalus durissus ssp; Rhabdomyolysis; Snakebites

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKEBITE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROTALID VENOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 0036562393     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652002000300004     Document Type: Article

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