Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 95, Issue 6 , Pages 630-634 , November 2001

Prognostic factors for local necrosis in Bothrops jararaca (Brazilian pit viper) bites

  • Lindioneza Adriano Ribeiro

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Dra Lindioneza Adriano Ribeiro, Departamento de Clínica Médica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Av. Pará 1720 Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, CEP 38400-902, Brazil. phone +55 34 32182349, fax +55 34 32182349.
    • Departamento de Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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  • Miguel Tanús Jorge

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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  • Maria Lúcia Lebrão

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Epidemiologia da Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Received 17 March 2000 ,Revised 20 February 2001 ,Accepted 5 April 2001.

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Volume 95, Issue 6 , Pages 630-634 , November 2001

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