Snake bites in South Chad. Comparison between three different polyvalent anti-snake venom immunotherapies

Giornale Italiano di Medicina Tropicale

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 25-28

  Bregani, Enrico Rino ^a,b,c   Cantoni, F ^a   Tantardini, F ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b Hopital de Goundi   (Chad)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti snake venom immunotherapy; Chad; Echis carinatus; Snake bite

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENT; PARACETAMOL; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; TRANEXAMIC ACID; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHIS CARINATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; PAIN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; TETANUS;

EID: 33751173652     PISSN: 03943445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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