Ultrastructural pathology in skeletal muscle of mice envenomed with Crotalus vegrandis venom

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 555-561

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Crotalus vegrandis; Skeletal muscle; Ultrastructure; Venom

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CROTALID VENOMS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NECROSIS;

EID: 0033202433     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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