Hematological, hemostatic and clinical chemistry disturbances induced by Crotalus durissus terrificus snake venom in dogs

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 491-500

  de Sousa e Silva, M Cristina Cirillo ^a   Tomy, S C ^a   Tavares, F L ^a   Navajas, L ^b   Larsson, M H M A ^b   Lucas, S R R ^b   Kogika, M M ^b   Sano Martins, I S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crotalus; Envenomation; Hematology; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA 2 ANTIPLASMIN; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENVENOMATION; EOSINOPENIA; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HYPOFIBRINOGENEMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; CREATINE KINASE; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; DOGS; MALE; MYOGLOBIN; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SNAKE BITES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0142124393     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327103ht392oa     Document Type: Article

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