Serum IL-6, TNFα levels in snakebite cases occurring in Southern Turkey

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-211

  Açikalin, Ayça ^a   Gökel, Yüksel ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; SNAKE VENOM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKEBITE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; TURKEY; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 79952612544     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.078428     Document Type: Article

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