Clinical effects of red-bellied black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) envenoming and correlation with venom concentrations: Australian Snakebite Project (ASP-11)

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 696-700

  Churchman, Andrew ^a   O'Leary, Margaret A ^b   Buckley, Nicholas A ^c   Page, Colin B ^a,b   Tankel, Alan ^d   Gavaghan, Chris ^e   Holdgate, Anna ^c,f   Brown, Simon G A ^g,h   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^b,i  

^a Princess Alexandra Hospital   (Canada)

^b CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d 30 Park Avenue   (Australia)

^e Lismore Base Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^f LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE TOXICITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDECHIS PORPHYRIACUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SYMPTOM; ULCER;

EID: 78650210764     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04108.x     Document Type: Article

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