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Snakebites in Lebanon: A Descriptive Study of Snakebite Victims Treated at a Tertiary Care Center in Beirut, Lebanon

BACKGROUND: Snakebites lead to at least 421,000 envenomations and result in more than 20,000 deaths per year worldwide. Few reports exist in the Mediterranean region. This study describes demographic and clinical characteristics, treatment modalities, and outcomes of snakebites in Lebanon. MATERIALS...

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Autores principales:	El Zahran, Tharwat, Kazzi, Ziad, Chehadeh, Ahel Al-Hajj, Sadek, Riyad, El Sayed, Mazen J.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5994845/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29937642 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JETS.JETS_141_16

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