Serum TNF-α levels reflect the clinical severity of envenomation following a hemiscorpius lepturus sting

European Cytokine Network

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-10

  Jalali, Amir ^a   Pipelzadeh, Mohammad H ^a   Taraz, Mohammad ^a   Khodadadi, Ali ^a   Makvandi, Manocher ^a   Rowan, Edward G ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemiscorpius lepturus; IL 1; IL 6; IL 8; Mesobuthus eupeuss; TNF

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMISCORPIUS LEPTURUS; HEMISCORPIUS LEPTURUS STING; HUMAN; INSECT STING; MALE; MESOBUTHUS EUPEUS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORPION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA BLOOD LEVEL;

BITES AND STINGS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCORPION VENOMS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

LEPTURUS; MESOBUTHUS; MESOBUTHUS EUPEUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 79958029464     PISSN: 11485493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ecn.2011.0278     Document Type: Article

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