Transient claw hand owing to a bee sting. A report of two cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 404-405

  Saravanan, R ^a,b   King, R ^a   White, J ^a  

^a OLDCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; APAMIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BEE STING; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS;

EID: 2342424982     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.86B3.14311     Document Type: Article

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