Case report: Fatal diffuse thrombotic microangiopathy after a bite by the "Fer-de-Lance" pit viper (Bothrops lanceolatus) of Martinique

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 856-861

  Malbranque, Stéphane ^a   Piercecchi Marti, Marie Dominique ^b   Thomas, Laurent ^a   Barbey, Christophe ^c   Courcier, Dominique ^a   Bucher, Bernard ^a   Ridarch, Alex ^a   Smadja, Didier ^a   Warrell, David A ^d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Clinique Saint Gatien   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTHROFAV; TROPONIN I; VENOM ANTISERUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MARTINIQUE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; ANIMAL; BRAIN; FATALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BOTHROPS ATROX; BOTHROPS LANCEOLATUS; CROTALINAE; VIPERIDAE;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BOTHROPS; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARTINIQUE; SNAKE BITES; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 47049121501     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.856     Document Type: Article

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