A Viper bite in an urban area : A case report
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چکیده
Envenomous viper snakes are not natural inhabitants of Istanbul, Turkey. The city is crowded and lacks an appropriate area for wild life. Viper mostly found in southern middle rural Anatolia To our knowledge, bites have been reported urban previously. Here, we report a envenomous snakebite case, treated with polyvalent antivenom successfully. snake was identified as Vipera Pontica, by the National Poisons Center.
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عنوان ژورنال: Marmara Medical Journal
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1019-1941']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5472/marumj.1191161