Neutralization of bothropic and crotalic venom toxic activities by IgG(T) and IgGa subclasses isolated from immune horse serum

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 931-936

  Fernandes, I ^a   Takehara, H A ^a   Santos, A C R ^a   Cormont, F ^b   Latinne, D ^b   Bazin, H ^b   Mota, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; VIPER VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVENOMATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; HEMORRHAGE; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICE; VIPER VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS JARARACA; EQUUS CABALLUS; SERPENTES; SIGANUS; VIPER;

EID: 0031172231     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00177-8     Document Type: Article

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