Acute renal failure following snakebite in children [1]

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 308-309

  Amuchou Singh, Soraisham ^a,b   Nalini, P ^a   Badhe, Bhawna A ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PIMS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; INDIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LETTER; NEPHROTOXICITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SNAKEBITE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANTIVENINS; CHILD; HUMANS; INDIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 0142217905     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.5.308     Document Type: Letter

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