Epidemiologic and clinical survey of victims of centipede stings admitted to Hospital Vital Brazil (São Paulo, Brazil)

Toxicon

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 606-610

  Medeiros, C R ^a,b   Susaki, T T ^a   Knysak, I ^a   Cardoso, J L C ^a   Malaque C M S ^a   Fan, H W ^a   Santoro, M L ^a   Franca F O S ^a   Barbaro, K C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Centipede; Cryptops; Envenomation; Otostigmus; Scolopendra

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CENTIPEDE STING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GENUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSECT BITE; INSECT STING; LEG; LIMB PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEWBORN; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BITES AND STINGS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

CHILOPODA; CRYPTOPS; OTOSTIGMUS; SCOLOPENDRA;

EID: 52049094793     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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