Multiple thrombotic occlusions of vessels after Russell's viper envenoming

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 106-110

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

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VENOM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; ENVENOMATION; FINGER; GANGRENE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; THROMBOSIS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUSSELL'S VIPER; SNAKE BITES; THROMBOSIS; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIPER VENOMS;

SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036751447     PISSN: 09019928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0773.2002.910303.x     Document Type: Article

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