Plasma exchange therapy for victims of envenomation: Is this reasonable?

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 215-218

  Pantanowitz, Liron ^a,b   Andrzejewski, Chester ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; AZATHIOPRINE; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VENOM ANTISERUM;

BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD TOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY; EDITORIAL; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; PLASMAPHERESIS; SNAKEBITE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 33845926350     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: 10981101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.20097     Document Type: Editorial

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