Pancreatic toxicity in mice elicited by Tityus zulianus and Tityus discrepans scorpion venoms

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-276

  Borges, Adolfo ^a   Trejo, Ernesto ^a   Vargas, Alba Marlene ^a   Céspedes, Ghisleine ^b   Hernández, Alipio ^b   Alfonzo, Marcelo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amylase; Pancreatitis; Scorpion venom; Tityus

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; SCORPION VENOM; TITYUS TOXIN;

ACINAR CELL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INOCULATION; LUNG TOXICITY; MAMMAL; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PANCREAS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS TOXICITY; SCORPION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY; VENEZUELA;

AMYLASES; ANIMALS; EDEMA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PANCREATIC DISEASES; SCORPION VENOMS;

EID: 4544336351     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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