Convulsions as a rare complication of scorpion bite;Akrep sokmasi sonucu gelişen nadir bir komplikasyon konvülsiyon

Erciyes Tip Dergisi

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-179

  Canpolat, Mehmet ^a   Per, Hüseyin ^a   Gümüş, Hakan ^a   Narin, Nazmi ^a   Kumandas, Sefer ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Convulsion; Scorpion venom

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD HEALTH; CONVULSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSECT STING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; SCORPION;

EID: 62849083280     PISSN: 1300199X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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