Involvement of von Willebrand factor and botrocetin in the thrombocytopenia induced by Bothrops jararaca snake venom.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Camila Martos Thomazini (लेखक), Ana Teresa Azevedo Sachetto (लेखक), Cynthia Zaccanini de Albuquerque (लेखक), Vânia Gomes de Moura Mattaraia (लेखक), Ana Karina de Oliveira (लेखक), Solange Maria de Toledo Serrano (लेखक), Ivo Lebrun (लेखक), Katia Cristina Barbaro (लेखक), Marcelo Larami Santoro (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Patients bitten by snakes consistently manifest a bleeding tendency, in which thrombocytopenia, consumption coagulopathy, mucous bleeding, and, more rarely, thrombotic microangiopathy, are observed. Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is required for primary hemostasis, and some venom proteins, such as botr...