Acute Myocarditis After Black Widow Spider Bite: A Case Report [PDF]
Cardiology and Therapy, 2020 The black widow spider (BWS) is a venomous spider whose bite can cause various clinical conditions that range from local damage to serious systemic complications, including death.
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Black widow spider bites experience from tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2017 Introduction: Black widow spiders are one of the most poisonous species to humans; there are more than 30 species of widow spiders in the globe but good thing that not all of them are dangerous.
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Structural Characterization of Black Widow Spider Dragline Silk Proteins CRP1 and CRP4 [PDF]
Molecules, 2020 Spider dragline silk represents a biomaterial with outstanding mechanical properties, possessing high-tensile strength and toughness. In black widows at least eight different proteins have been identified as constituents of dragline silk. These represent
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Physiological and biochemical characterization of egg extract of black widow spiders to uncover molecular basis of egg toxicity [PDF]
Biological Research, 2014 BACKGROUND: Black widow spider (L. tredecimguttatus) has toxic components not only in the venomous glands, but also in other parts of the body and its eggs. It is biologically important to investigate the molecular basis of the egg toxicity.
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Clinical characteristics of patients with black widow spider bites: A report of 59 patients and single-center experience. [PDF]
World J Emerg Med, 2021 Zhou HJ, Xu K, Zheng PY, Gu W.
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Backyard Proteomics: A Case Study with the Black Widow Spider. [PDF]
J Proteome ResShah T, Fitzpatrick JA, Orsburn BC.
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Troponin elevation after black widow spider envenomation [PDF]
CJEM, 2015 AbstractBlack widow spider envenomation generally results in self-limiting pain that can be treated in the emergency department (ED) with analgesics and benzodiazepines, usually with no further intervention. Occasionally, a patient has to be admitted or treated with antivenom for refractory pain or a venom-induced complication.
Sean P. Bush, J. Veeran Davy
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Black Widow Spider Envenomation and Cardiovascular Complications. [PDF]
CureusEnvenomation (latrodectism) with black widow spider (BWS) venom can cause dysfunction in the cardiovascular system. The pathophysiology and consequences of cardiovascular effects have not been fully elucidated. This review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.
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Recruitment and diversification of an ecdysozoan family of neuropeptide hormones for black widow spider venom expression. [PDF]
Gene, 2014 McCowan C, Garb JE.
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Case Report: Black Widow Spider Bites in a Pregnant Woman [PDF]
Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2020 Introduction: The black widow spider is known in the Mediterranean region as L.tredecimguttatus species that in Khorasan is known with its local name as “Dalmak”. The venom of this spider contains excitatory neurotoxins called alpha-latroteins.
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