Delayed massive pulmonary thromboembolic phenomenon following envenomation by Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus)

Ramesh Bhagat; Kapil Sharma; Ravi Sarode; Yu-Min Shen

doi:10.1160/TH09-12-0874

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2010; 104(01): 186-188
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-12-0874

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Delayed massive pulmonary thromboembolic phenomenon following envenomation by Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus)

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Ramesh Bhagat

¹Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Kapil Sharma

²Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Ravi Sarode

¹Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Yu-Min Shen

³Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA

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