A comparative study of severe scorpion envenomation in children caused by Tityus bahiensis and Tityus serrulatus Estudo comparativo do envenenamento escorpiônico grave em crianças provocado por Tityus bahiensis e Tityus serrulatus
From January 1984 to May 1994, 17 of 239 children under 15 years old stung by Tityus serrulatus (15.1%) or Tityus bahiensis (84.9%) presented severe envenoming. Of these 17 patients (1-11 years old; median=2 yr) 14 were stung by T.serrulatus and three by T.bahiensis. All of them received scorpion an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
1995-08-01
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| Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651995000400008 |