Hump-nosed Pit Viper Bite in Central Kerala–Remonstrance to Big4 Theory in Snake Bite Envenomation
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Hump-nosed Pit Viper Bite in Sri Lanka–Unravelling an Enigma
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2581-5423
DOI: 10.31080/asps.2019.03.0333