%0 Journal Article
%T About a case of blindness following scorpion envenomation
%A Delma
%A K
%J Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
%D 2012
%I Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Pe?onhentos - CEVAP, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP
%R 10.1590/S1678-91992012000400020
%X the author reports a case of blindness occurred after three scorpion stings in a young woman from the region ouargla, algeria. the absence of signs of neurological and cardiovascular envenomation and the functional examinations of eyes is likely to be the consequence of a toxic neuropathy. two months later, blindness persists and functional prognosis remains reserved.
%K scorpion sting
%K blindness
%K toxic neuropathy.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1678-91992012000400020&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en