Thrombotic stroke following snake bites by the "Fer-de-Lance" Bothrops lanceolatus in Martinique despite antivenom treatment: A report of three recent cases

Toxicon

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-28

  Thomas, L ^a   Chausson, N ^a   Uzan, J ^a   Kaidomar, S ^a   Vignes, R ^a   Plumelle, Y ^a   Bucher, B ^a   Smadja, D ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Bothrops lanceolatus; Martinique; Snake bites; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BOTHROFAV; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BOTHROPS LANCEOLATUS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFUSION; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENVENOMATION; EVALUATION; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MARTINIQUE; MONOPHYLY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BOTHROPS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SNAKE BITES;

BOTHROPS ATROX; BOTHROPS CARIBBAEUS; BOTHROPS LANCEOLATUS;

EID: 33746497351     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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