Sudden unexplained hemolysis occurring in an infant due to presumed Loxosceles envenomation

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-282

  Hostetler, Mark A ^a,c   Dribben, William ^b   Wilson, David B ^a   Grossman, William J ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Brown recluse; Hemolysis; Loxoscelism; Spider

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142216363     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(03)00202-6     Document Type: Article

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