Necrotic arachnidism from Loxosceles rufescens harboured in Crete, Greece [19]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 486-487

  Stefanidou, M P ^a   Chatzaki, M ^b   Lasithiotakis, K G ^a   Ioannidou, D J ^a   Tosca, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUSTULE; REST; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN SWELLING; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TETANUS; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARACHNIDISM; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645365231     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01486.x     Document Type: Letter

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