Pathological responses of mouse skeletal muscle to intramuscular injection of an acidic phospholipase A2 from Ophiophagus hannah venom

Journal of Natural Toxins

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-178

  Huang, Min Zhou ^a   Gopalakrishnakone, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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