Experimental ophitoxemia produced by the opisthoglyphous lora snake (Philodryas olfersii) venom

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-197

  Rodríguez Acosta, Alexis ^a,b   Lemoine, Karel ^a   Navarrete, Luis ^a   Girón, María E ^a   Aguilar, Irma ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Haemorrhage; Neurotoxic; Philodryas olfersii; Proteolytic activity; Venom

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SNAKE;

ANIMALIA; COLUBRIDAE; PHILODRYAS; PHILODRYAS OLFERSII;

EID: 33646693406     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: 00378682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822006000200012     Document Type: Article

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