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Pedro Henrique França Gois
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
* E-mail: [email protected]
Affiliations Laboratory of Medical Research-LIM12, Nephrology Department, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Nephrology Department, Brisbane, Australia
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3520-3225
Monique Silva Martines
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources
Affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Research-LIM12, Nephrology Department, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Daniela Ferreira
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Visualization
Affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Research-LIM12, Nephrology Department, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rildo Volpini
Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Research-LIM12, Nephrology Department, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Daniele Canale
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources
Affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Research-LIM12, Nephrology Department, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ceila Malaque
Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Vital Brazil Hospital, Butantan Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Renato Crajoinas
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources
Affiliation: Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Adriana Castello Costa Girardi
Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision
Affiliation: Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Maria Heloisa Massola Shimizu
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision
Affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Research-LIM12, Nephrology Department, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Antonio Carlos Seguro
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Research-LIM12, Nephrology Department, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, BrazilAbstract
Snakebites have been recognized as a neglected public health problem in several tropical and subtropical countries. Bothrops snakebites frequently complicate with acute kidney injury (AKI) with relevant morbidity and mortality. To date, the only treatment available for Bothrops envenomation is the intravenous administration of antivenom despite its several limitations. Therefore, the study of novel therapies in Bothrops envenomation is compelling. The aim of this study was to evaluate the protective effect of Allopurinol (Allo)...