Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 79-82 , July 2001

Life-threatening upper airway edema caused by a distal rattlesnake bite

Received 20 January 2000 ,Revised 17 November 2000 ,Accepted 8 January 2001.

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☆ Address for reprints: John David Hinze, DO, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dean Riverview Clinic, 580 North Washington, Janesville, WI 53545; 608-755-3656,fax 608-741-2882;,E-mail drjdh@usa.net .

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2001.114321

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 79-82 , July 2001

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