Bites by coral snakes (Micrurus spp.) in Campinas, State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 141-145

  Bucaretchi, Fábio ^a   Hyslop, Stephen ^a   Vieira, Ronan José ^a   Toledo, Adriana Safioli ^a   Madureira, Paulo Roberto ^a   De Capitani, Eduardo Mello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anticholinesterase; Antivenom; Coral snakes; Envenomation; Micrurus spp.; Snakebites

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; EDROPHONIUM; NEOSTIGMINE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRURITUS; PTOSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKEBITE; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOSTIGMINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 33745979203     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652006000300005     Document Type: Review

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