Hemorrhagic syndrome and acute renal failure in a pregnant woman after contact with Lonomia caterpillars: A case report

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-120

  Fan, Hui Wen ^a   Cardoso, João Luiz C ^a   Olmos, Rodrigo Díaz ^b   Almeida, Flávia Jacqueline ^b   Viana, Rosana Porto ^b   Martinez, Ana Paula Pinto ^b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure, Mogi das Cruzes; Hemorrhagic syndrome; Lonomia caterpillars; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MOTH; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; SYNDROME; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MOTHS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SYNDROME; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0032009511     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651998000200010     Document Type: Article

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