LETTER TO EDITOR
Fatal scorpion envenomation: a case report
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Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital de Base, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto – SP, Brazil
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Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Pro-Cardiaco, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil
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Toxicology Center, Hospital de Base, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto – SP, Brazil
Publication date: 2019-06-14
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther 2019;51(2):163-165
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