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Acute myocardial infarction associated with thrombotic microangiopathy following a hump-nosed viper bite: a case report

BACKGROUND: Hump-nosed viper bite is the commonest cause of venomous snakebite in Sri Lanka. Despite initially being considered a moderately venomous snake more recent reports have revealed that it could cause significant systemic envenoming leading to coagulopathy and acute kidney injury. However,...

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Autores principales: de Silva, Nipun Lakshitha, Gooneratne, Lalindra, Wijewickrama, Eranga
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5662098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29082854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1484-z