Unusual presentations of scorpion envenomation

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-85

  Alpay, N Ranu ^a   Satar, S ^a   Sebe, A ^a   Demir, M ^a   Topal, M ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Envenomation; Hypopotassemia; Myocardial infarction; Scorpion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CAPTOPRIL; CLOPIDOGREL; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METOPROLOL; SCORPION VENOM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; ECCHYMOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PAIN; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 44849138620     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327108088974     Document Type: Article

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