Brown recluse spider bite: Two case reports and review

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-40

  Salm, R John ^d   Fee, Martin J ^a,b   Giacopelli, Joseph A ^b,c   Granoff, David P ^b,c   Park, Erin Y ^d  

^a Amer Bd Int Med and Infect Dis   (United States)

^b Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center   (United States)

^c AMERICAN BOARD OF PODIATRIC SURGERY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARACHNIDISM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SPIDERS;

EID: 0031599857     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-88-1-37     Document Type: Article

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