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Teaching Case

Use of polyvalent equine anti-viper serum to treat delayed coagulopathy due to suspected Sistrurus miliarius streckeri envenomation in two children

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Pages 326-331 | Received 02 Nov 2016, Accepted 12 Jan 2017, Published online: 06 Feb 2017

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