Tiger snake (Notechis spp) envenoming: Australian Snakebite Project (ASP-13)

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 173-177

  Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,b   O'Leary, Margaret A ^b   Elliott, Matthew ^c   Brown, Simon G A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; TIGER SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DRUG BINDING; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKE; SNAKE VENOM DETECTION KIT; SNAKEBITE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TIGER SNAKE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ELAPIDAE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELAPIDAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867036516     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.11300     Document Type: Article

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