Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome following a scorpion sting

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2639-2640

  Mocan, Hilal ^a,b   Mocan, M Ziya ^a   Kaynar, Kübra ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MEDICA Tip Merkezi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome; Scorpion; Toxin

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INSECT STING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARACHNIDISM; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DOPAMINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLASMA; SCORPIONS;

EID: 0031669154     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.10.2639     Document Type: Article

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