Neutralization of venoms from two Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes (Crotalus helleri) with commercial antivenoms and endothermic animal sera

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 791-799

  Galán, Jacob A ^a   Sánchez, Elda E ^a,b   Rodríguez Acosta, Alexis ^b   Pérez, John C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Crotalus helleri; Natural resistance; Venom

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIPMYN ANTIVENOM; CROFAB ANTIVENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTALUS HELLERI; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SNAKE; SQUIRREL;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CALIFORNIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FIBRINOGEN; GELATINASES; HEMORRHAGE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; INSULIN; LETHAL DOSE 50; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; RODENTIA; SERUM;

ANIMALIA; CROTALINAE; CROTALUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS HELLERI; DIDELPHIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NEOTOMA; SCIURIDAE; SERPENTES; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS MEXICANUS;

EID: 3342964327     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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