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Parotid swelling after Russell's viper envenomation: an unusual and poor prognostic sign

Parotid swelling, an unusual and poorly understood sign, is associated with poor prognosis in the setting of Russell's viper envenomation. The large, aggressive Russell's viper is one of the most deadly snakes causing severe hematological and neurological manifestations. Research into this...

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Autores principales: Sasidaran, Maanoj N., Samuel, Stephen P., ChinnaRaju, Soundararaj, Antonysamy, Michael, Bulfone, Tommaso C., Lewin, Matthew R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5799621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29445459
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1105
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author Sasidaran, Maanoj N.
Samuel, Stephen P.
ChinnaRaju, Soundararaj
Antonysamy, Michael
Bulfone, Tommaso C.
Lewin, Matthew R.
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description Parotid swelling, an unusual and poorly understood sign, is associated with poor prognosis in the setting of Russell's viper envenomation. The large, aggressive Russell's viper is one of the most deadly snakes causing severe hematological and neurological manifestations. Research into this sign should be initiated and understanding could lead to improved outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-57996212018-02-14 Parotid swelling after Russell's viper envenomation: an unusual and poor prognostic sign Sasidaran, Maanoj N. Samuel, Stephen P. ChinnaRaju, Soundararaj Antonysamy, Michael Bulfone, Tommaso C. Lewin, Matthew R. Clin Case Rep Case Reports Parotid swelling, an unusual and poorly understood sign, is associated with poor prognosis in the setting of Russell's viper envenomation. The large, aggressive Russell's viper is one of the most deadly snakes causing severe hematological and neurological manifestations. Research into this sign should be initiated and understanding could lead to improved outcomes. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5799621/ /pubmed/29445459 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1105 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Parotid swelling after Russell's viper envenomation: an unusual and poor prognostic sign
title Parotid swelling after Russell's viper envenomation: an unusual and poor prognostic sign
title_full Parotid swelling after Russell's viper envenomation: an unusual and poor prognostic sign
title_fullStr Parotid swelling after Russell's viper envenomation: an unusual and poor prognostic sign
title_full_unstemmed Parotid swelling after Russell's viper envenomation: an unusual and poor prognostic sign
title_short Parotid swelling after Russell's viper envenomation: an unusual and poor prognostic sign
title_sort parotid swelling after russell's viper envenomation: an unusual and poor prognostic sign
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5799621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29445459
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1105
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