Mediterranean jellyfish (Rhopilema nomadica) sting

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 868-870

  Silfen, Ram ^a   Vilan, Anita ^a   Wohl, Ishay ^a   Leviav, Amos ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EYE BURN; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; JELLYFISH; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ORBIT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRURITUS; RASH; SKIN ALLERGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA;

EID: 0242720499     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(03)00162-1     Document Type: Article

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