Comprendiendo los venenos de serpientes: 50 Años de investigaciones en América Latina

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 377-394

  Gutiérrez, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Antivenoms; Coagulopathies; Necrosis; Neurotoxicity; Snake venoms; Toxins

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SNAKEBITE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ANTIVENINS; BLOOD COAGULATION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECROSIS; RESEARCH; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS;

EID: 0036597873     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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