Ultrastructural variations of rat myocardium due to Walterinnesia aegyptia snake envenomation

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 637-643

  Al Shammary, Fahad J ^a   Al Saleh, Saad S ^a   El Shewemi, Sameh E ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Myocardium; Ultrastructure; Walterinnesia aegyptia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; SERPENTES; WALTERINNESIA AEGYPTIA;

MICROSTRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIA;

CONTROL GROUPS; INTRAPERITONEAL INJECTIONS; LEFT VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIUM; SALINE CONTROL; SALINE SOLUTIONS; STUDY GROUPS; TOXIC EFFECT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WALTERINNESIA AEGYPTIA;

RATS;

EID: 0032436161     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023637     Document Type: Article

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