Hemolytic uremic syndrome following taipan envenomation with response to plasmapheresis

Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 399-402

  Cobcroft, Ralph G ^a   Williams, Anthony ^a   Cook, David ^a   Williams, David J ^b   Masci, Paul ^c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b John Tonge Ctr of Forensic Pathol   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Plasmapheresis; Taipan envenomation

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CASE REPORT; ENDOTHELIUM; ENVENOMATION; HEART ARREST; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PARALYSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

EID: 0030659396     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029700169385     Document Type: Article

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