Bites by the colubrid snake Philodryas patagoniensis: A clinical and epidemiological study of 297 cases

Toxicon

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1018-1024

  de Medeiros, Carlos R ^a,b   Hess, Priscila L ^a   Nicoleti, Alessandra F ^b   Sueiro, Leticia R ^a   Duarte, Marcelo R ^a   de Almeida Santos, Selma M ^a   França, Francisco O S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Envenomation; Philodryas patagoniensis; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSECTION; DIZZINESS; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOOT; GENDER; HAND; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKEBITE; SPRING; STOMACH CONTENT; SUMMER;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; COLUBRIDAE; FEMALE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS; COLUBRIDAE; PHILODRYAS PATAGONIENSIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 77956060719     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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