Probable chronic renal failure caused by Lonomia caterpillar envenomation
Erucism is a skin reaction to envenomation from certain poisonous caterpillar bristles. In Brazil, most reports of erucism provoked by Lonomia caterpillars are from the southern region. Most manifestations of erucism are local and include burning pain, itching, local hyperthermia and, rarely, bliste...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2013-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992013000100501&lng=en&tlng=en |