Socio-demographic, clinical, laboratory profile and outcome in children with scorpion envenomation
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2349-3291,2349-3283
DOI: 10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20210111