Does the traditional snakebite severity score correctly classify envenomated patients?
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Does the traditional snakebite severity score correctly classify envenomated patients?
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2383-4625
DOI: 10.15441/ceem.16.123