Morphologic changes in intercostal muscle tissue associated with a viper (Agkistrodon halys blomhoffi) bite

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-254

  Sakuma, Nobuo ^a   Kamei, Toshiaki ^a   Okamura, Hiroshi ^b   Ishihara, Tokuhiro ^b   Matayoshi, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a Yamaguchi Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Intercostal muscle; Regeneration; Ultrastructure; Viper bite

Indexed keywords

VIPER VENOM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSECT BITE; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGKISTRODON; GLOYDIUS BLOMHOFFI; GLOYDIUS HALYS; INSECTA; POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS; SERPENTES; VIPER;

EID: 0030010004     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913129609016322     Document Type: Article

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