Thoracic complications following snake envenomization

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 585-587

  Halkin, Amir ^a   Jaffe, Ronen ^a   Mevorach, Dror ^a   Bursztyn, Michael ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKEBITE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0030806456     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(97)89438-7     Document Type: Article

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