Unusual local complications of Vipera palaestinae bite

Toxicon

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 633-635

  Bentur, Yedidia ^a   Cahana, Alfred ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Edema; Late; Swelling; Vipera palaestinae

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYSTALLOID; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPHAGIA; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKEBITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE RETENTION; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDEMA; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; SNAKE BITES; VIPERIDAE;

SERPENTES; VIPERA PALAESTINAE;

EID: 0037401425     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00367-7     Document Type: Article

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