Clinical and Pharmacological Investigation of Myotoxicity in Sri Lankan Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii) Envenoming.

• Main Authors: Anjana Silva (Author), Christopher Johnston (Author), Sanjaya Kuruppu (Author), Daniela Kneisz (Author), Kalana Maduwage (Author), Oded Kleifeld (Author), A Ian Smith (Author), Sisira Siribaddana (Author), Nicholas A Buckley (Author), Wayne C Hodgson (Author), Geoffrey K Isbister (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Sri Lankan Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming is reported to cause myotoxicity and neurotoxicity, which are different to the effects of envenoming by most other populations of Russell's vipers. This study aimed to investigate evidence of myotoxicity in Russell's v...