Hemorrhagic stroke following viper bites and delayed antivenom administration: three case reports from the Western Brazilian Amazon

Hemorrhagic stroke following viper bites and delayed antivenom administration: three case reports from the Western Brazilian Amazon

Abstract Snakebites were included by the World Health Organization in their list of neglected diseases. In Latin America, most snakebites are caused by species of the Viperidae family, notably by the genus Bothrops. Bothrops atrox accounts for 90% of the cases of envenoming in the Brazilian Amazon....

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Main Authors:	Aline Stephanie Pérez-Gómez, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Guilherme Augusto Pivoto João, Jose Diego de Brito Sousa, Izabella Picinin Safe, Marcia Melo Damian, Jacqueline Almeida Gonçalves Sachett, Iran Mendonça da Silva
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Series:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:	Hemorrhagic Stroke Viperidae family Antivenin
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100726&lng=en&tlng=en

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