Viper bites: Treat or ignore?

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 135, Issue 41-42, 2005, Pages 618-625

  Petite, Jacques ^a  

^a Hôpital Régional   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Switzerland; Valais; Viper bites; Vipera aspis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIZATION; SHOCK; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIPER;

EID: 29144437083     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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