Short Report: Amputation and disability following snakebite in Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-116

  Abubakar, S B ^a   Habib, A G ^b   Mathew, J ^a  

^a General Hospital Kaltungo   (Nigeria)

^b AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG ISCHEMIA; LIMB SWELLING; MALE; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKEBITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RURAL HEALTH; SNAKE BITES; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949870419     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2009.090266     Document Type: Article

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