Humoral immune response of patients bitten by the snake Bothrops erythromelas;Resposta imune humoral em pacientes picados pela serpente Bothrops erythromelas

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 731-732

  Luna, Karla Patricia Oliveira ^a,b   Xavier, Edeneide Maria ^b   Pascoal, Vanessa Peruhype Magalhães ^c   Martins Filho, Olindo Assis ^c   Pereira, Valéria Rêgo Alves ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Laboratory of Biomarkers and Monitoring   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bothrops erythromelas; IgM; Snake venom; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN; PYROXYLIN; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; BOTHROPS ERYTHROMELAS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE;

BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS ERYTHROMELAS;

EID: 78651079305     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822010000600027     Document Type: Article

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