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Evaluation of antivenom therapy for Vipera palaestinae bites in children: experience of two large, tertiary care pediatric hospitals

Dikla Pivko-LevyDivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Dana-Dwek Children Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel;
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Itamar MunchnakDivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Tel Hashomer Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel;
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Ayelet RimonDivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Dana-Dwek Children Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel;
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Uri BallaDivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Kaplan Medical Center, Jerusalem University, Rehovot, Israel;
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Dennis ScolnikDivision of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;
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Christopher HoyteDivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Dana-Dwek Children Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel; ;Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver, CO, USA;
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Yair VoliovitchDivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Dana-Dwek Children Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel;
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Miguel GlatsteinDivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Dana-Dwek Children Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel; ;Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Center, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA; ;Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ichilov Hospital, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 235-240 | Received 14 Aug 2016, Accepted 21 Dec 2016, Published online: 20 Jan 2017

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