Brown recluse bite

Harefuah

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 672-676

  Nehemya, Moshe ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Black widow; Brown recluse; Maculopapular rash; Necrotic lesion

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLIMATE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RASH; REVIEW; SPIDER BITE;

ARACHNIDISM; CHILD; CLIMATE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; NECROSIS;

EID: 55049108903     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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