Life-threatening envenoming by the Saharan horned viper (Cerastes cerastes) causing micro-angiopathic haemolysis, coagulopathy and acute renal failure: clinical cases and review

Background: The desert horned vipers (Cerastes cerastes and C. gasperettii) are the most familiar snakes of the great deserts of North Africa and the Middle East, including the plains of Iraq. They are responsible for many human snake bites. In Western countries, they are popular among exotic-snake...

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Veröffentlicht in:QJM 2004-11, Vol.97 (11), p.717-727
Hauptverfasser: Schneemann, M., Cathomas, R., Laidlaw, S.T., El Nahas, A.M., Theakston, R.D.G., Warrell, D.A.
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