Acute renal failure following multiple wasp stings

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 214-217

  Thiruventhiran, Thiru ^a   Goh, Bak Leong ^a   Leong, Chee Loon ^a   Cheah, Phaik Leng ^a   Looi, Lai Meng ^a   Tan, Si Yen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Haemolysis; Renal failure; Rhabdomyolysis; Stings; Syndrome; Wasp

Indexed keywords

WASP VENOM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT STING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXEMIA; WASP;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY TUBULAR NECROSIS, ACUTE; KIDNEY TUBULES; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MYOGLOBIN; WASPS;

EID: 0032892347     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.1.214     Document Type: Article

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