Acute and recurrent skin ulceration after spider bite

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-102

  Pincus, Steven J ^b   Winkel, Kenneth D ^a   Hawdon, Gabrielle M ^b   Sutherland, Struan K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; SPIDER BITE;

EID: 0033584198     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123537.x     Document Type: Article

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