Clinical and laboratory features distinguishing between Deinagkistrodon acutus and Daboia siamensis envenomation
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1678-9199
DOI: 10.1186/s40409-018-0179-2