Pulmonary haemorrhage causing rapid death after Bothrops jararacussu snakebite: A case report

Toxicon

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-334

  Benvenuti, Luiz A ^a   França, Francisco O S ^b   Barbaro, Kátia C ^b   Nunes, José R ^c   Cardoso, João L C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c Forensic Med Inst of S Sebastiao   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bothrops jararacussu; Coagulopathy; Death; Pulmonary haemorrhage; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

HAEMORRHAGIN; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BOTHROPS JARARACUSSU; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INOCULATION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; THROMBOSIS;

BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS JARARACUSSU; POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0242270851     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(03)00167-3     Document Type: Article

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