Centipede Envenomation: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

centipede envenomations, centipede sting, Scolopendra species, Scolopendra, Scolopendra gigantea, Scolopendra heros, Scolopendra subspinipes, Otostigmus species, Otostigmus, Chilopoda, Arthropoda, centipede venom

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Robert L Norris, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery; Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center
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