Rediscovery of severe saw-scaled viper (Echis sochureki) envenoming in the Thar Desert Region of Rajasthan, India

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 75-85

  Kochar, D K ^a   Tanwar, P D ^a   Norris, Robert L ^b   Sabir, M ^a   Nayak, K C ^a   Agrawal, T D ^a   Purohit, V P ^a   Kochar, A ^a   Simpson, Ian D ^a,c,d  

^a S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Kooran House   (India)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Echis sochureki; India; Saw scaled viper; Snake; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; PHENYTOIN; VENOM ANTISERUM; VIPER VENOM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DESERT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHIS SOCHUREKI; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34447313652     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/06-WEME-OR-078R.1     Document Type: Article

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