Excision as a Method of Treating Spider Bites
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Spider bites.
BACKGROUND This review provides the physician with a clinical approach to the diagnosis and management of spider bites. It examines the recent literature concerning management of bites causing dermonecrosis, secondary infection, neuromuscular damage, and allergic reactions. METHODS Using the key words "spider bites," "brown recluse spider bites," "necrotic arachnidism," "black widow spider bi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1911
ISSN: 0002-9955
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1911.04260090060030