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E. Portilla
Researcher at University of Costa Rica
Publications - 5
Citations - 172
E. Portilla is an academic researcher from University of Costa Rica. The author has contributed to research in topics: Antivenom & Envenomation. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications receiving 161 citations.
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Neutralizacion de los efectos locales del veneno de Bothrops asper por un antiveneno polivalente
José María Gutiérrez,Fernando Chaves,Róger Bolaños,Luis Cerdas,Ermila Rojas,Olga Arroyo,E. Portilla +6 more
TL;DR: The ineffectiveness of antivenom in neutralizing edema and myonecrosis could be partially explained by the rapid development of these effects, and the time interval between envenomation and antivenum administration and the route of serum administration both play an important role in the neutralization of local effects.
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Local effects induced by coral snake venoms: Evidence of myonecrosis after experimental inoculations of venoms from five species
TL;DR: The local effects induced by intramuscular inoculations of venoms from six species of coral snakes were studied in mice, finding that all these venoms induced a similar pattern of myonecrosis, characterized by a conspicuous alteration of the intracellular structure.
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Rat macrophage activity against Toxoplasma gondii studied by electron microscopy.
TL;DR: The results confirm at molecular level, the importance of rat macrophages in the natural adaptation of this rodent to T. gondii, and show remarkable lesions such as vacuolization and organisms were totally lysed inside of macrophage of more than 8 h infection rats.
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Presencia de quistes en Tritrichomonas muris
TL;DR: The morphology of this evolutive stage is described under light and electro n microscopy and the biologic and epidemiologic importance of this finding is discussed.
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Identificación y manejo del choque cardiogénico en la sala de emergencia
TL;DR: A revisión discutirá la identificación y manejo del choque cardiogénico en el servicio de urgencias as discussed by the authors .