title: Search of intravascular hemolysis in patients with the cutaneous form of loxoscelism.
abstract: Haptoglobin assay, a highly sensitive method to detect intravascular hemolysis was carried out in the sera of 19 patients referred to Hospital Vital Brazil with the cutaneous form of loxoscelism in order to investigate the occurrence of mild intravascular hemolysis. Data from this series did not show decreased levels haptoglobin, ruling out intravascular hemolysis in these patients with cutaneous form of loxoscelism.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Fisiopatologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morena
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nonoyama
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: O C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Barretto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001098:Spider Bites / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D006242:Haptoglobins