Titration of three antivenoms used against sub-Saharan African snake venoms;Titrage comparatif de trois sérums antivenimeux utilisés contre les serpents d'Afrique sub-saharienne

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 144-147

  Dzikouk, G D ^a   Etoundi Ngoa, L S ^a   Thonnon, J ^a   Dongmo, A B ^a   Rakotonirina, V S ^a   Rakotonirina, A ^a   Chippaux, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Africa; Antivenom; Envenomation; Paraspecificity; Snake venom; Titration

Indexed keywords

FAV AFRIQUE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; VENOM ANTISERUM; VIPER VENOM;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SPECIFICITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVENOMATION; HORSE; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LD 50; MALI; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOKINETICS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SNAKEBITE; TIME; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CAMEROON; COBRA VENOMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, CELLULOSE ACETATE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALI; MICE; SNAKE BITES; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY; TIME FACTORS; TITRIMETRY; VIPER VENOMS;

EID: 0036700342     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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