Envenomation by the lowland viper (Proatheris superciliaris): Severe case profile documentation

Toxicon

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 836-841

  Keyler, Daniel E ^a,b  

^a MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Envenomation; Lowland viper; Microangiopathy; Proatheris superciliaris; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; VIPER VENOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MALE; PAIN; PLASMAPHERESIS; POISONOUS SNAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROATHERIS SUPERCILIARIS; SNAKEBITE; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; FINGERS; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MALE; NECROSIS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PLASMAPHERESIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SNAKE BITES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

PROATHERIS SUPERCILIARIS; VIPERINAE;

EID: 57049125049     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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