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Brief Communication

Complete clinical course of envenomation by Protobothrops mangshanensis: delayed coagulopathy and response to Trimeresurus albolabris antivenom

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Pages 290-292 | Received 25 Oct 2015, Accepted 31 Dec 2015, Published online: 02 Feb 2016

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