Eight cases of acute renal failure from Vipera Russelli Formosensis venom after administration of antivenom

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 278-282

  Chou, Tzu Shen ^a   Lin, Tzeng Jih ^a   Kuo, Mei Chuan ^a   Tsai, Mee Sun ^a   Hung, Dong Zong ^a   Tsai, Jin Lian ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIPERA RUSSELLI FORMOSENSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; RUSSELL'S VIPER; SNAKE BITES; TAIWAN; VIPER VENOMS;

SERPENTES; VIPERA; VIPERA RUSSELLI;

EID: 0036786662     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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