Limulus antilipopolysaccharide factor prevents mortality late in the course of endotoxemia

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 388-394

  Roth, Robert I ^a   Su, Donghui ^b   Child, Alice H ^b   Wainwright, Norman R ^b   Levin, Jack ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIMULUS ANTILIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE FACTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTOXEMIA; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LD 50; LETHALITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031951337     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514204     Document Type: Article

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