Cross reactivity of three antivenoms against North American snake venoms

Toxicon

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 315-320

  Sánchez, Elda E ^a   Ramírez, María Susana ^a   Galán, Jacob A ^a   López, Gonzalo ^a   Rodríguez Acosta, Alexis ^b   Pérez, John C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Antihemorrhagic; Antivenom; Bothrops; Crotalus; Fibrinolytic; Gelatinase; Hemorrhagic; Hide powder; Venom

Indexed keywords

ANTIVENOM CROTALIDAE POLYVALENT IMMUNE FAB; ANTIVENOM UCB; ANTIVIPMYN; GELATINASE; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS PISCIVORUS; ARTICLE; BOTHROPS ASPER; CROSS REACTION; CROTALUS ADAMANTEUS; CROTALUS ATROX; CROTALUS DURISSUS DURISSUS; CROTALUS HORRIDUS ATRICAUDATUS; CROTALUS HORRIDUS HORRIDUS; CROTALUS MOLOSSUS MOLOSSUS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COLLAGEN; CROSS REACTIONS; CROTALID VENOMS; FIBRINOGEN; GELATINASES; HEMORRHAGE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; NORTH AMERICA; RABBITS; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS PISCIVORUS; BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS ASPER; CROTALUS; CROTALUS ADAMANTEUS; CROTALUS ATROX; CROTALUS DURISSUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS DURISSUS; CROTALUS HORRIDUS; CROTALUS HORRIDUS ATRICAUDATUS; CROTALUS MOLOSSUS; CROTALUS MOLOSSUS MOLOSSUS; MOLOSSUS; MOLOSSUS MOLOSSUS; OVIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0037353901     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00293-3     Document Type: Article

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