Antiscorpion venom scores over other strategies in the treatment of scorpion envenomation

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-254

  Deshpande, S B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; PRAZOSIN; SCORPION VENOM; SCORPION VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; INDIAN RED SCORPION; NEUROTOXICITY; SCORPION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BITES AND STINGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958000933     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.70927     Document Type: Editorial

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