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

• Автори: Camila Martos Thomazini (Автор), Ana Teresa Azevedo Sachetto (Автор), Cynthia Zaccanini de Albuquerque (Автор), Vânia Gomes de Moura Mattaraia (Автор), Ana Karina de Oliveira (Автор), Solange Maria de Toledo Serrano (Автор), Ivo Lebrun (Автор), Katia Cristina Barbaro (Автор), Marcelo Larami Santoro (Автор)
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• Опубліковано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...