Case Report Acute Renal Failure after Massive Honeybee Stings
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(1) Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. (2) Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Serviço de Nefrologia, Secretaria de Saúde do Estado do Ceará, Brasil. (3) Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Odontologia e Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. (4) Centro de Assistência Toxicológica do Instituto José Frota, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. Correspondence to: Elizabeth De Francesco Daher, Rua Vicente Linhares 1198, 60270-135 Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. Telephone: 55.85.224-9725, Fax: 55.85.261-3777, E-mail: [email protected] CASE REPORT
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