Venom variability among several Tityus serrulatus specimens

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1523-1529

  Kalapothakis, Evanguedes ^a   Chávez Olórtegui, Carlos ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SCORPION VENOM; TITYUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LD 50; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

ANIMALIA; SCORPIONES; TITYUS; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 0343487647     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00017-2     Document Type: Article

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