Gastrointestinal manifestations in severe scorpion envenomation

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1001-1005

  Bahloul, Mabrouk ^a   Chaari, Anis ^a   Khlaf Bouaziz, Nadia ^a   Hergafi, Leila ^a   Ksibi, Hichem ^a   Kallel, Hatem ^a   Chaari, Adel ^a   Chelly, Hedi ^a   Ben Hamida, Chokri ^a   Rekik, Noureddine ^a   Bouaziz, Mounir ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CATECHOLAMINE; GLUCOSE; LIVER ENZYME; SODIUM; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; FATALITY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORPION; TUNISIA; VOMITING;

EID: 27744531869     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-8320(05)88173-4     Document Type: Article

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