Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:3.4.22.6 (chymopapain)
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There are few reports of hemorrhagic central nervous system complications after chymopapain injection in humans. Two patients are reported who developed hemorrhagic complications after the lumbar injection of chymopapain. The first developed a hemorrhagic encephalomyelopathy followed by clinically suspected acute arachnoiditis, which responded to high doses of dexamethasone. The second patient developed subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to vertebral artery aneurysm rupture after the injection of chymopapain.
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PMID:Hemorrhagic complications after the lumbar injection of chymopapain. 388 24