Liver ultrastructural pathology in mice envenomed with Uracoan rattlesnake (Crotalus vegrandis) venom

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 433-439

  Rodriguez Acosta, A ^a   Pulido Mendez, Magdalena ^b,c   Finol, H J ^b   Giron M E ^a   Aguilar, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Crotalus vegrandis; Liver; Snake venom; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; SNAKE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0033155244     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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