Russell's viper snakebite in Taiwan: Differences from other Asian countries

Toxicon

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1291-1298

  Hung, Dong Zong ^a,b   Wu, Ming Ling ^c   Deng, Jou Fang ^c   Lin Shiau, Shoei Yn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Consumption coagulopathy; Kidney failure; Russell's viper

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SNAKEBITE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; THROMBOSIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUSSELL'S VIPER; SNAKE BITES; TAIWAN; THROMBOSIS; VIPER VENOMS;

DABOIA RUSSELII; DABOIA RUSSELLII SIAMENSIS;

EID: 0036709084     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00137-X     Document Type: Article

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