Effects of Topical Heparin, Antivenom, Tetracycline and Dexamethasone Treatment in Corneal Injury Resulting from the Venom of the Black Spitting Cobra (Naja sumatrana), in a Rabbit Model

Gregory Cham Consultant, Emergency Department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

, F.A.M.S. , M.B.B.S. , F.R.C.S.Ed.,

James Chuan-Hsin Pan Registrar, Ophthalmology Department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

, F.R.C.S.Ed. , M.B.B.S. , M.Med. (Ophth),

Francis Lim Senior Assistant Curator (Zoology), Singapore Zoological Gardens,

Arul Earnest Biostatistician, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Tan Tock Seng Hospital,

, M.Sc. , B.Soc. Sci (Hons) &

P. Gopalakrishnakone Professor, Venom and Toxin Research Programme, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore,

, D.Sc. , M.B.B.S. , Ph.D. , F.A.M.S.

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