A comparison of different methods to assess the hemorrhagic activity of Bothrops venoms

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 865-873

  De Roodt, A R ^a   Dolab, J A ^a   Dokmetjian, J Ch ^a   Litwin, S ^a   Segre, L ^a   Vidal, J C ^b  

^a Inst Nac de Prod de Biologicos   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMORRHAGE; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MICE; PEROXIDASES;

AMMODYTOIDES; ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS ALTERNATUS; BOTHROPS AMMODYTOIDES; BOTHROPS JARARACA; BOTHROPS JARARACUSSU; BOTHROPS MOOJENI; SERPENTES; TRIXIS;

EID: 0033979438     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00205-6     Document Type: Article

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