Lonomia obliqua venom action on fibrinolytic system

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 105-110

  Fritzen, Márcio ^a   Schattner, Mirta ^b   Quintana Ribeiro, Ana Laura ^a   Correia Batista, Isabel De Fátima ^a   Ventura, Janaina ^a   Carlos Prezoto, Benedito ^a   Chudzinski Tavassi, Ana Marisa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Caterpillar; Envenomation; Factor XIII; Fibrinogen; Fibrinolysis

Indexed keywords

A ALPHA FIBRINOGEN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; DANSYLCADAVERINE; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; INSECT VENOM; LONOMIA OBLIQUA CRUDE BRISTLES EXTRACT; PLASMINOGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CATERPILLAR BRISTLES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; GEL FILTRATION; INCUBATION TIME; INSECT; LONOMIA OBLIQUA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0842346042     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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