Biphasic rattlesnake venom-induced thrombocytopenia

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-293

  Offerman, Steven R ^a,b   Barry, J David ^a   Schneir, Aaron ^a   Clark, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Poison Control Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotaline; Envenomation; Rattlesnake; Thrombocytopenia; Venom

Indexed keywords

CROFAB; CROTALINAE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; MONOCROTALINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SNAKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037381872     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(02)00763-1     Document Type: Article

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