Persons who have been in contact with Lonomia achelous or Lonomia obliqua caterpillars
present external and internal bleeding and opening of recently healed wounds …

In 1967 we reported for the first time five cases of an acquired bleeding disorder in humans
which developed after contact with saturnidae caterpillars. Since that time, other cases have …

Fibronectin: Structure and functions associated to hemostasis. Review SciELO - Scientific
Electronic Library Online vol.48 número2 Encefalopatía infantil asociada con la mutación …

We describe six new cases of a hemorrhagic diathesis induced by contact with Lonomia
achelous caterpillars. Onset of clinical bleeding varied between a few hours and 10 days …

Bothrops colombiensis venom from two similar geographical locations were tested for their
hemostatic functions and characterized by gel-filtration chromatography and SDS-PAGE …

This study describes micro-methods to determine biological parameters in plasma of three
strains of mice. Platelet count was significantly different among strains. C57BL/6 mice …

Preliminary Communications Page 1 810 (scores <20), those with only a fair prognosis (scores
20-30), and those in whom the outlook was virtually hopeless (scores >30). In the good-prognosis …

Disintegrins have been previously described in the venom of several snake families
inhibiting signal transduction, cell-cell interactions, and cell-matrix interactions and may …

Several fibrin (ogen) olytic enzymes from Tityus discrepans (Buthidae, Buthoidea) venom
(TdV) were partially purified on a Sephadex G-50 column, by affinity and molecular …

In this paper, we demonstrated that the procoagulant action of Lonomia achelous (Cramer)
is due in part to a component that activates prothrombin. The activation by crude venom and …