Neutralization of the hemorrhagic activity of Bothrops and Lachesis snake venoms by a monoclonal antibody against mutalysin-II

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 139-144

  Estêvão Costa, Maria I ^a   Martins, Maria S ^b   Sánchez, Eladio F ^a   Diniz, Carlos R ^a   Chávez Olórtegui, Carlos ^a  

^a CPqD Telecom and IT Solutions   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hemorrhagic activity; Lachesis muta muta; Monoclonal antibody; Mutalysin II

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; INTOXICATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SNAKE;

EID: 0344117526     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00134-8     Document Type: Article

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