A 7-year-old girl is brought to a physician because she has a swollen hand with an ischemic lesion. The physician suspects a brown recluse spider bite. What is the suspected mechanism of erythrocyte damage caused by venom of this spider?
A) Changes in glycophorin on the erythrocyte membrane
B) DIC
C) Lysis caused by passage through the fibrin clot
D) Changes in the permeability of the cell membrane
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