Acquired coagulopathy due to anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 615-617

  Huić, Mirjana ^a   Francetić, Igor ^a   Bakran, Ivan ^a   Macolić Šarinić, Viola ^a   Bilušić, Marinko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Blood coagulation disorders; Poisoning; Rodenticides; Vitamin K deficiency

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PHYTOMENADIONE; PROTHROMBIN; RODENTICIDE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; EPISTAXIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METRORRHAGIA; PEST CONTROL; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REFUGEE; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

4-HYDROXYCOUMARINS; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RODENTICIDES;

EID: 0036810985     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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