Inhibition of toxic activities of Bothrops asper venom and other crotalid snake venoms by a novel neutralizing mixture

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 442-447

  Borkow, Gadi ^a   Gutierrez, Jose Maria ^b   Ovadia, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SNAKEBITE;

EID: 0031413520     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1997.8285     Document Type: Article

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