Pancreatic involvement in fatal human leptospirosis: Clinical and histopathological features

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 307-313

  Daher, Elizabeth De Francesco ^a,b,c   Brunetta, Denise Menezes ^a   Da Silva Jr , Geraldo Bezerra ^a   Puster, Raínardo Antonio ^a   Patrocínio, Régia Maria Do Socorro Vidal ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL GERAL DE FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Hyperamylasemia; Leptospirosis; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; DIALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FAT NECROSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MYALGIA; PANCREAS DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0347595589     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652003000600002     Document Type: Article

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