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Taking the bite out of snake venoms.

Authors :
Senior, Kathryn
Source :
Lancet. 6/5/1999, Vol. 353 Issue 9168, p1946-1946. 1p. 1 Diagram.
Publication Year :
1999

Abstract

Focuses on the therapeutic potential of snake venoms for acute stroke and thrombosis. Snake venom proteins that inhibit blood coagulation; Study on ancrod, a protease from the venom of the Malayian pit viper; Effect of ancrod on patients with stroke; Fibrinolytic agents in snake venom; Clinical use of disintegrins; Use of notexin to treat ptosis.

Subjects

Subjects :
*SNAKE venom
*CEREBROVASCULAR disease
*BRAIN disease treatment
*THROMBOSIS
*CARDIOVASCULAR disease treatment
*ANTICOAGULANTS
*BLEPHAROPTOSIS
*THERAPEUTICS
*THERAPEUTIC use of venom

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01406736
Volume :
353
Issue :
9168
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Lancet
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
1906510
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(05)77162-2
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