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Case Report

Recurrent hemorrhage after western diamondback rattlesnake envenomation treated with crotalidae polyvalent immune fab (ovine)

Joyia Fazelat Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
,
Sheldon H. Teperman Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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Michael Touger Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 823-826 | Received 11 Jul 2007, Accepted 17 Oct 2007, Published online: 02 Dec 2008

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