Necrotic arachnidism: The mythology of a modern plague

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9433, 2004, Pages 549-553

  Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARACHNOPHOBIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOBIA; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; SYMPTOM; ULCER;

EID: 3342984719     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16816-5     Document Type: Note

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