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Hemostatic disorders induced by skin contact with Lonomia obliqua (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae) caterpillars

Patients envenomed by Lonomia sp caterpillars initially experience a mild burning pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, and skin and mucosal hemorrhages. Some patients can rapidly progress to a severe coagulopathy that presents as visceral or intracerebral hemorrhaging. We studied the hemostatic alterat...

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Autores principales: Sano-Martins, Ida Sigueko, Duarte, Alaour Candida, Guerrero, Belsy, Moraes, Roberto Henrique Pinto, Barros, Elvino José Guardão, Arocha-Piñango, Carmen Luisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5436739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28443942
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201759024