Australian tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) and Mexican coral snake (Micruris species) antivenoms prevent death from United States coral snake (Micrurus fulvius fulvius) venom in a mouse model

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-10

  Wisniewski, Michael S ^a,b   Hill, Robert E ^a   Havey, Joshua M ^a   Bogdan, Gregory M ^a   Dart, Richard C ^a,b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORALMYN; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; LD 50; LETHALITY; MALE; MEXICO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; AUSTRALIA; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MEXICO; MICE; SNAKE BITES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; FULVIUS; MICRURUS; MICRURUS FULVIUS FULVIUS; MICRURUS FULVIUS MICROGALBINEUS; NOTECHIS; NOTECHIS SCUTATUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; SERPENTES; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS;

EID: 0037282418     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-120018264     Document Type: Article

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