Can human polyclonal immunoglobulin raise the threshold for convulsions in rats?

Seizure

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-174

  Van Engelen, Baziel G M ^a   Van Den Beukel, Ingeborg ^b   Voskuyl, Rob A ^b,c   Weemaes, Corry M R ^a   Renier, Willy O ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Instituut voor Epilepsiebestrijding   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Immunoglobulin; Rats; Threshold for seizures; Treatment

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029860374     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(96)80031-8     Document Type: Article

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