Envenomation by the great lakes bush viper (Atheris nitschei)

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 114-116

  Hatten, Benjamin W ^a   Bueso, Antonio ^a   French, L Keith ^a   Hendrickson, Robert G ^a   Horowitz, B Zane ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Coagulation disorders; Snake bites; Thrombocytopenia; Viper venom; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATHERIS NITSCHEI; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRECIPITATE; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOFIBRINOGINEMIA; MALE; MUCOSAL BLEEDING; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SNAKEBITE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIPERA;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FACTOR VIIA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PETS; PLASMA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SNAKE BITES; SNAKES; VIPER VENOMS;

EID: 84873682338     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2012.763134     Document Type: Article

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