Envenoming following bites by the Balkan adder Vipera berus bosniensis - First documented case series from Bulgaria

Toxicon

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1510-1515

  Westerström, Alexander ^a   Petrov, Boyan ^b   Tzankov, Nikolay ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Envenoming; Neurotoxicity; Snakebite; Treatment; Vipera berus bosniensis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CAFFEINE; CHLOROPYRAMINE; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIMESULIDE; PARACETAMOL; PYRIDOXINE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; COLIC; DIARRHEA; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHEMA; FLUID THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; LYMPHANGITIS; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SKIN TINGLING; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SWELLING; TOURNIQUET; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BULGARIA; HUMANS; MALE; SNAKE BITES; VIPERIDAE;

VIPERA BERUS;

EID: 77958512019     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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