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23 - Animal and human bites

from Part IV - Clinical syndromes: skin and lymph nodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2015

Ellie J. C. Goldstein
Affiliation:
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Fredrick M. Abrahamian
Affiliation:
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
David Schlossberg
Affiliation:
Temple University, Philadelphia
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