Severe coagulopathy and transient hypertension following a Rhabdophis subminiatus bite: a case report

Abstract: Because the majority of colubrid species are considered harmless to human beings, colubrid snakebites are rarely reported. However, the venom of Rhabdophis, which is part of the Colubridae family, is procoagulant and leads to severe coagulopathy. Here, we present a case of disseminated int...

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Main Authors: Erni Juwita Nelwan, Randy Adiwinata, Siti Handayani, Ikhwan Rinaldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822016000400520&lng=en&tlng=en