Tiger snake (Notechis spp) envenoming: Australian Snakebite Project (ASP-13)

• 1 Discipline of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW.
• 2 Department of Clinical Toxicology and Pharmacology, Calvary Mater Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW.
• 3 NSW Poisons Information Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, Sydney, NSW.
• 4 Medical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.
• 5 Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Perth, WA.

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