Brown recluse spider bites to the head: Three cases and a review

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 465-470

  Leach, Joseph ^a   Bassichis, Benjamin ^a   Itani, Kamel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE;

ADULT; ARTHROPOD; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRURITUS; REST; REVIEW; SPIDER BITE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 3342939881     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130408300712     Document Type: Review

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