Additional considerations in presumptive brown recluse spider bites and dapsone therapy [4]

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 494-495

  Vetter, Richard S ^a,b   Bush, Sean P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b San Bernardino County Museum   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; SPIDER VENOM;

ANTHRAX; CHEMICAL BURN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOXOSCELES RECLUSA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARACHNIDISM; DAPSONE; HUMANS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPIDER VENOMS;

EID: 0141870493     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2004.07.001     Document Type: Letter

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