Ricin and abrin

Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 576-577

  Bradberry, Sally ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abrin; mechanisms of toxicity; poisoning; ricin; vascular leak syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABRIN; INACTIVATED VACCINE; RICIN; RICIN A; TOXOID;

ABRUS; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDEMA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICINUS COMMUNIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 34648813804     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2007.07.017     Document Type: Review

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