Funnel-web spider bite: A systematic review of recorded clinical cases

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 407-411

  Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,b   Gray, Michael R ^c   Balit, Corrine R ^d   Raven, Robert J ^e   Stokes, Barrie J ^f   Porges, Kate ^g   Tankel, Alan S ^h,i   Turner, Elizabeth ^j   White, Julian ^k   McD Fisher, Malcolm ^l  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d VMO NSW Poisons Information Centre   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^g GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h 30 Park Avenue   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^j Tasmanian Museum   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; INSECT VENOM; SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM;

AGE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; ENVENOMATION; GENUS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDLINE; POISON CENTER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SERUM SICKNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROAT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20244362374     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06760.x     Document Type: Review

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