"Russell's Viper" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of snakes of the family VIPERIDAE. It is distributed in West Pakistan, most of India, Burma, Ceylon, Thailand, southeast China, Taiwan, and a few islands of Indonesia. It hisses loudly when disturbed and strikes with great force and speed. Very prolific, it gives birth to 20-60 young. This viper is the leading cause of snakebite in India and Burma. (Moore: Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p127)
| Descriptor ID |
D017840
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Russell's Viper- Russell's Viper
- Russell Viper
- Russells Viper
- Viper, Russell's
- Vipera russelii
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Russell's Viper" by people in Profiles.
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Cardiovascular manifestations and patient outcomes following snake envenomation: a pilot study. Trop Doct. 2019 Jan; 49(1):10-13.
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Pituitary dysfunction in survivors of Russell's viper snake bite envenomation: A prospective study. Neurol India. 2018 Sep-Oct; 66(5):1351-1358.