Nephrotoxicity of Insect and Spider Venoms in Latin America

Seminars in Nephrology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-382

  Abdulkader, Regina C R M ^a   Barbaro, Katia C ^b   Barros, Elvino José Guradão ^c   Burdmann, Emmanuel A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d Sao Jose do Rio Preto University School of Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; acute renal failure; bees; caterpillars; Lonomia; Loxosceles; nephrotoxicity; spiders

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BEE VENOM; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DAPSONE; INSECT VENOM; SCORPION VENOM; SPIDER VENOM; SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ANURIA; ARTICLE; BEE; BLEEDING; BRAZIL; CATERPILLAR; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOTOXICITY; DIALYSIS; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY INJURY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CELL; LUNG EDEMA; MAST CELL; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE CELL; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGURIA; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SCORPION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPIDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINE VOLUME;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 46749121018     PISSN: 02709295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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