Standardization of regional reference for mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii) antivenom in Japan, Korea, and China

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-24

  Fukuda, Tadashi ^a   Iwaki, Masaaki ^a   Hong, Seung Hwa ^b   Oh, Ho Jung ^b   Wei, Zhu ^c   Morokuma, Kazunori ^d   Ohkuma, Kunio ^d   Dianliang, Lei ^e   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^a   Takahashi, Motohide ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS   (China)

^d Chemo Sero Therapeutic Research Institute   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE CONTROL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

AGKISTRODON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHINA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STABILITY; JAPAN; KOREA; LETHALITY; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BITES AND STINGS; CHINA; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; MICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RABBITS; REFERENCE VALUES; SNAKE VENOMS; SNAKES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33644541148     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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