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Reports of Envenomation by Brown Recluse Spiders Exceed Verified Specimens of Loxosceles Spiders in South Carolina

Ivar L. Frithsen, Richard S. Vetter and Ian C. Stocks
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2007, 20 (5) 483-488; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2007.05.060221

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