05May 2019

A CASE REPORT- SCORPION BITE WITH AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION AND MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA.

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[Nitin Jadhav, Swapnil Shinde and Akshay Kale. (2019); A CASE REPORT- SCORPION BITE WITH AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION AND MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (May). 168-172] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/9017      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/9017