Immediate active movement following Bitis arietans or Naja mossambica venom injection diminishes or prevents necrosis in mice

Toxicon

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1675-1677

  Blaylock, Roger S M ^a  

^a Leslie Williams Memorial Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Active movement; Bitis arietans; Mice; Naja mossambica; Necrosis; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

BITIS ARIETANS VENOM; NAJA MOSSAMBICA VENOM; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEG; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MOUSE; NAJA MOSSAMBICA; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; COBRA; COBRA VENOMS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; NECROSIS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SWIMMING; VIPERIDAE;

BITIS; BITIS ARIETANS; NAJA; NAJA MOSSAMBICA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036890660     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00182-4     Document Type: Article

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