Prague Med. Rep. 2016, 117, 61-67

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2016.6

Snakebite Envenoming by Sochurek’s Saw-scaled Viper Echis Carinatus Sochureki

Jiří Valenta, Zdeněk Stach, Pavel Michálek

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Received December 1, 2015
Accepted February 24, 2016

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