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Research Article

Hemolytic Anemia Following a Presumptive Brown Recluse Spider Bite

Lindsay M. Murray Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medicine Middle Tennessee Poison Control Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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Donna L Seger Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medicine Middle Tennessee Poison Control Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Pages 451-456 | Published online: 25 Sep 2008

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