Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 100, Issue 5 , Pages 489-494 , May 2006

Antivenom treatment and renal dysfunction in Russell's viper snakebite in Taiwan: a case series

  • Dong-Zong Hung

      Affiliations

    • Division of Toxicology, Emergency Department, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, No.160, Sec. 3, Taichung-Gang Road, Taichung 40705, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 4 23741369; fax: +886 4 23506349.
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  • Yi-Jung Yu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Toxicology, Emergency Department, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, No.160, Sec. 3, Taichung-Gang Road, Taichung 40705, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Chia-Lung Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Toxicology, Emergency Department, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, No.160, Sec. 3, Taichung-Gang Road, Taichung 40705, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Tzeng-Jih Lin

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Kaoshiung Medical University, No. 100, Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80707, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 14 January 2005 ,Revised 8 June 2005 ,Accepted 4 July 2005.

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PII: S0035-9203(05)00295-6

doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.07.020

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 100, Issue 5 , Pages 489-494 , May 2006

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