The clinical significance of venom detection in patients of cobra snakebite

Toxicon

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 409-415

  Hung, Dong Zong ^a,b   Liau, Ming Yi ^c   Lin Shiau, Shoei Yn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cobra; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Serum venom level; Snake bites

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKEBITE; TISSUE INJURY; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; COBRA; COBRA VENOMS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SNAKE BITES; TAIWAN;

NAJA ATRA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0037376736     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00336-7     Document Type: Article

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