Penetrating ocular injury caused by venomous snakebite

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 544-546

  Chen, Chien Chung ^a   Yang, Chung May ^b   Hu, Fung Rong ^b   Lee, Yuan Chieh ^a,c  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TETANUS TOXOID; VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA NECROSIS; DYSPNEA; ECCHYMOSIS; EVISCERATION; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE INJURY; FACE EDEMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKEBITE;

ADULT; AGKISTRODON; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CORNEAL EDEMA; CROTALID VENOMS; ECCHYMOSIS; EYE EVISCERATION; EYE HEMORRHAGE; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; MALE; SCLERA; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 24044455446     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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