Saw-scaled viper envenoming complicated with acute myocardial infarction
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Life threatening intracerebral haemorrhage following saw- scaled viper (Echis carinatus) envenoming-authenticated case report from Sri Lanka
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عنوان ژورنال: SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2050-313X,2050-313X
DOI: 10.1177/2050313x211007705