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Research Article

Acute toxic fulminant myocarditis after a black widow spider envenomation: Case report and literature review

Yalcin GolcukDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Bitlis State Hospital, Bitlis, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yalcin VelibeyDepartment of Cardiology, Bitlis State Hospital, Bitlis, Turkey
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Hayriye GonulluDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Medical School Hospital, Van, Turkey
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Musa SahinDepartment of Cardiology, Yuzuncu Yil University, Medical School Hospital, Van, Turkey
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Engin KocabasDepartment of Dermatology, Bitlis State Hospital, Bitlis, Turkey
Pages 191-192 | Received 23 Dec 2012, Accepted 01 Feb 2013, Published online: 11 Mar 2013

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