Clinical picture of envenoming with the Meadow Viper (Vipera (Acridophaga) ursinii)

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-20

  Krecsák, László ^a   Zacher, Gábor ^b   Malina, Tamás ^c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Péterfy Sándor Street Hospital   (Hungary)

^c Lilly Hungaria Kft   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Envenoming; Limited swelling; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; VENOM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; BITE; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; DIZZINESS; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYPOTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JUVENILE; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NAUSEA; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PIACENZIAN; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKEBITE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEPPE; SUBSPECIES; SWELLING; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SNAKE BITES; VIPER VENOMS;

SERPENTES; VIPERA; VIPERA URSINII; VIPERINAE;

EID: 79551663698     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2010.550049     Document Type: Review

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