Study of patient's injuries by stingrays, lethal activity determination and cardiac effects induced by Himantura gerrardi venom

Toxicon

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 881-886

  Dehghani, Hadi ^a   Sajjadi, Mir Masoud ^a   Rajaian, Hamid ^b   Sajedianfard, Javad ^b   Parto, Paria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HORMOZGAN   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Himantura gerrardi; LD50; Stingrays venom

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; FISH VENOM; HIMANTURA GERRARDI VENOM; HYDROCORTISONE; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; ELASMOBRANCHII; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVENOMATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IRAN; LD 50; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPASM; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; Q WAVE; RAT; RR INTERVAL; SEA; SEIZURE; SKIN REDNESS; STINGRAY; T WAVE;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; HEART; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MARINE TOXINS; MICE; RATS; SKATES (FISH);

DASYATIDAE; DASYATIS PASTINACA; HIMANTURA GERRARDI; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 68949161816     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.06.023     Document Type: Article

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