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Early pathology in venom-induced consumption coagulopathy by Rhabdophis tigrinus (Yamakagashi snake) envenomation

Toshio IchikiDepartment of Dermatology, Aso Iizuka Hospital, Iizuka, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Futoshi KohdaDepartment of Dermatology, Aso Iizuka Hospital, Iizuka, Japan;
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Toshiki HiramatsuDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Aso Iizuka Hospital, Iizuka, Japan;
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Reo SaikiDepartment of Paediatrics, Aso Iizuka hospital, Iizuka, Japan;
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Atsushi SakaiThe Japan Snake Institute, Gunma, Japan;
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Masutaka FurueDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Pages 668-671 | Received 09 Jul 2018, Accepted 19 Oct 2018, Published online: 28 Jan 2019

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