Methemoglobinemia associated with loxoscelism Meta-hemoglobinemia associada ao loxoscelismo

In twenty five patients who presented the cutaneous form of loxoscelism, serum haptoglobin and lactic dehydrogenase, erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, glutathione reductase, glutathione peroxidase, methemoglobin, bilirubin and reticulocytes were investigated after bite. No hemolysis was...

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Main Authors: Orlando C. de O. Barreto, Domingos M. de Cillo, Kimiyo Nonoyama, Luci C. Antonio, Pasquale Morena, João Luis C. Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1990-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651990000100001