A review of epidemiological, clinical and in vitro physiological studies of envenomation by the scorpion Hemiscorpius lepturus (Hemiscorpiidae) in Iran

Toxicon

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 173-179

  Jalali, Amir ^a   Pipelzadeh, Mohammad H ^a   Sayedian, Ramin ^a   Rowan, E G ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical studies; Epidemiological studies; Hemiscorpius lepturus; in vitro; in vivo; Thin tailed scorpion

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVENOMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORPION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ARACHNIDISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; LETHAL DOSE 50; MIDDLE AGED; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

LEPTURUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 72749122231     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.09.012     Document Type: Review

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