Coagulopathy following lethal and non-lethal envenoming of humans by the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) in Brazil

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 551-559

  Sano Martins, I S ^a   Tomy, S C ^a   Campolina, D ^b   Dias, M B ^b   De Castro, S C B ^a   De Sousa e Silva, M C C ^a   Amaral, C F S ^c   Rezende, N A ^c   Kamiguti, A S ^d   Warrell, D A ^e   Theakston, R D G ^f  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b Hospital João XXIII   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ANTIPLASMIN; CREATINE KINASE; D DIMER; FIBRIN; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; MYOGLOBIN; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYALGIA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; TOURNIQUET;

EID: 0034776816     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/94.10.551     Document Type: Article

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