Clinical indicators of envenoming and serum levels of venom antigens in patients bitten by Bothrops lanceolatus in Martinique

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 186-190

  Bucher, B ^a   Canonge, D ^a   Thomas, L ^a,a,e   Tyburn, B ^b   Robbe Vincent, A ^c   Choumet, V ^c   Bon, C ^c   Ketterle J ^a,a   Lang, J ^d   Biao, T ^a   Brunod, M ^a   Garnier, D ^a   Guerin J F ^a   Hillion, G ^a   Leonard C ^a   Marie Nelly, C A ^b   Moravie, V ^a   Numeric, P ^a   Ortole O ^a   Pecout, F ^a   Plumelle, Y ^a   Rieux, D ^b   Rouvel, C ^a   Smadja, D ^a   Symphor, G ^b   more..

^a CHRU ^*  (Martinique)

^b Centre Hospitalier   (Martinique)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d DIR   (France)

^e CHRU   (Martinique)

Author keywords

Antigenaemia; Antivenom dosage; Bothrops lanceolatus; Envenoming; Martinique; Snake bite

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; SNAKE VENOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARTINIQUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SNAKEBITE;

BOTHROPS; SERPENTES;

EID: 12644259526     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90219-4     Document Type: Article

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