Hemorrhagic syndrome and Acute renal failure in a pregnant woman after contact with Lonomia caterpillars: a case report
A case of a 37-week pregnant woman who developed a hemorrhagic syndrome and acute renal failure after contact with Lonomia caterpillars is reported. The accident also initiated labour and the patient gave birth to an alive child. Some pathophysiological aspects of the genital bleeding and of the acu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
1998-03-01
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| 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=S0036-46651998000200010 |