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Spider Bite: Brown Recluse Spider Bite (cont.)

Authors and Editors

Author: Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP; Samuel M Keim, MD

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD

Previous contributing authors and editors: Coauthor(s): Eric Van Moorlehem, MD, Resident Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona.

Editors: Patrick Taylor, MD, FAAEM, Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, CHRISTUS St Frances Cabrini Hospital; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Thomas Rebbecchi, MD, FAAEM, Program Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.


Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2008




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