Prague Med. Rep. 2015, 116, 314-320

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2015.70

Snake Envenomation to the Face of a Child – Rare Case

Mustafa Şahan1, Mehmet Duru1, Koca Çalişkan1, Ali Karakuş1, Oğuzhan Özcan2, Ahmet Kahraman3, Güven Kuvandik1

1Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
2Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
3Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey

Received June 29, 2015
Accepted November 16, 2015

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