Classification of clinical consequences of scorpion stings: Consensus development

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 364-369

  Khattabi, Asmae ^a,b   Soulaymani Bencheikh, Rachida ^a,c   Achour, Sanae ^b,d   Salmi, Louis Rachid ^e,f,g  

^a Instituts Madinate Al Irfane   (Morocco)

^b IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^g BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Classification; Delphi Consensus Development; Scorpion Stings; Signs; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVENOMATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INSECT STING; MEDLINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCORPION BITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MOROCCO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

SCORPIONES;

EID: 79958706490     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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