Efficacy of crotalidae polyvalent antivenin for the treatment of hognosed viper (Porthidium nasutum) envenomation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 391-395

  Schier, Joshua G ^a   Wiener, Sage W ^a   Touger, Michael ^b   Nelson, Lewis S ^a   Hoffman, Robert S ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALIDAE POLYVALENT IMMUNE FAB; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FAMOTIDINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MORPHINE; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; SULTAMICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SNAKEBITE;

EID: 0037373251     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.81     Document Type: Article

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