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Clinical Research

Thrombotic microangiopathy and acute kidney injury following Sri Lankan Daboia russelii and Hypnale species envenoming

Eranga S. WijewickramaDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Correspondence[email protected]
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Lalindra V. GooneratneDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-8334-8736View further author information
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Ariaranee GnanathasanDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka; View further author information
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Indika GawarammanaDepartment of Medicine and South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6795-0113View further author information
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Mangala GunatilakeDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka; View further author information
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Geoffrey K. IsbisterClinical Toxicology Research Group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; ;South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri LankaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-1519-7419View further author information
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Pages 997-1003 | Received 14 Nov 2019, Accepted 12 Jan 2020, Published online: 18 Feb 2020

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