Neurotoxicity and hypertension following European adder (Vipera berus berus) bites in Hungary: Case report and review

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 801-806

  Malina, T ^a   Krecsak, L ^b   Warrell, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; CAPTOPRIL; TRAMADOL; VENOM;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIARRHEA; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; GAIT DISORDER; GAZE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFUSE DIARRHEA; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; STRABISMUS; SWELLING; TACHYCARDIA; THUMB; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VERTIGO; VIPERA BERUS;

EID: 53049099243     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn079     Document Type: Article

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