Toad venom poisoning: Failure of a monoclonal digoxin immunoassay to cross-react with the cardioactive steroids

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 529-530

  Brubacher, Jeffrey R ^a   Hoffman, Robert S ^a  

^a ST BARNABAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFADIENOLIDE DERIVATIVE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY; INSECT VENOM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTOXICATION; LETTER; TOAD;

AMPHIBIAN VENOMS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES; CROSS REACTIONS; DIGOXIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING;

ANURA; INSECTA;

EID: 0029799107     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563659609028014     Document Type: Article

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