Acute kidney injury by cantharidin poisoning following a silly bet on an ugly beetle

Cantharidin is a poisonous substance secreted by blister beetles, including the ‘Spanish fly’. Historically, cantharidin was used as an aphrodisiac, vesicant and abortifacient. Symptoms of poisoning include gastrointestinal and genitourinary mucosal irritation along with renal dysfunction. We presen...

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Autores principales: Cotovio, Patrícia, Silva, Cristina, Guedes Marques, Maria, Ferrer, Francisco, Costa, Fátima, Carreira, Armando, Campos, Mário
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Clinical Cases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4432444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26019851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sft001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4432444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26019851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sft001

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