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. 2013 Jun;6(3):334-7.
doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfs058. Epub 2012 Jun 19.

A deadly thorn prick

Ananthakrishnapuram Aravindan, Michael Suranyi, John Saunders, Jim Yong, Bruce Cleland

A deadly thorn prick

Ananthakrishnapuram Aravindan et al. Clin Kidney J. 2013 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: Cunninghamella; desferrioxamine; dialysis; iron overload; renal failure.

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Figures

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Fig. 1.
Thromboembolus in a small pulmonary artery. H&E ×400.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Irregular branching fungi within arterial thromboemboli. Grocott stain ×600.
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