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Short Communication

Clinical presentation and management of an Aruban rattlesnake bite in the Netherlands

Marieke A. DijkmanDutch Poisons Information Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; Correspondence[email protected]
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Dorien E. M. DamhuisEmergency Department, Ziekenhuisgroep Twente (ZGT), Almelo, Netherlands;
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Jan MeulenbeltDutch Poisons Information Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; ;Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; ;Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Irma de VriesDutch Poisons Information Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands;
Pages 447-449 | Received 01 Dec 2015, Accepted 16 Feb 2016, Published online: 29 Mar 2016

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