Centrally injected tityustoxin produces the systemic manifestations observed in severe scorpion poisoning

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-66

  Mesquita, Michel B S ^a   Moraes Santos, Tasso ^a   Moraes, Márcio F D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epileptiform discharges; Heart arrhythmias; Lung edema; Tityus serrulatus; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM; TITYUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; INTOXICATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SCORPIONES; TITYUS; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 0037440829     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-008X(02)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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