Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 100, Issue 9 , Pages 879-884 , September 2006

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of antivenom for local effects of green pit viper bites

  • Ponlapat Rojnuckarin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Rama IV Road, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +66 2256 4564x104; fax: +66 2253 9466.
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  • Walee Chanthawibun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Rama IV Road, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Jureeporn Noiphrom

      Affiliations

    • Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, Thai Red Cross Society, Rama IV Road, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    • ,
  • Narumol Pakmanee

      Affiliations

    • Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, Thai Red Cross Society, Rama IV Road, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    • ,
  • Tanin Intragumtornchai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Rama IV Road, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Received 30 July 2005 ,Revised 8 October 2005 ,Accepted 10 October 2005.

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PII: S0035-9203(05)00389-5

doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.10.006

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 100, Issue 9 , Pages 879-884 , September 2006

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