The greater black krait (Bungarus niger), a newly recognized cause of neuro-myotoxic snake bite envenoming in Bangladesh

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3181-3193

  Faiz, Md Abul ^a   Ghose, Aniruddha ^b   Ahsan, Md Farid ^c   Rahman, Md Ridwanur ^d   Amin, Md Robed ^d   Hassan, Md Mahtab Uddin ^c   Chowdhury, Md A Wahed ^c   Kuch, Ulrich ^e   Rocha, Thalita ^f   Harris, John B ^f   Theakston, R David G ^g   Warrell, David A ^h  

^a SIR SALIMULLAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^b CHITTAGONG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^d DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^e BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bungarus niger; greater black krait; neurotoxicity; rhabdomyolysis; snake bite

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; BETA BUNGAROTOXIN; DICLOFENAC; MIDAZOLAM; NEOSTIGMINE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYANOSIS; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYALGIA; NEURO MYOTOXIC ENVENOMING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ODYNOPHAGIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RAT; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SNAKEBITE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VOMITING;

EID: 78049485288     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq265     Document Type: Article

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