Renal effects and injury induced by animal toxins

Toxicon

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 943-953

  Sitprija, Visith ^a   Sitprija, Siravit ^b  

^a QUEEN SAOVABHA MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

^b Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Animal toxins; Electrolyte transport; Hemodynamics; Ion channels; Renal injury

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID OXIDASE; ANIMAL TOXIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; ELECTROLYTE; ION CHANNEL; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM; TEPROTIDE; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ELECTROLYTES; HEMODYNAMICS; ION CHANNELS; KIDNEY; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84864039016     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.06.012     Document Type: Review

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