Clinical and Pharmacological Investigation of Myotoxicity in Sri Lankan Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii) Envenoming.
Anjana SilvaChristopher JohnstonSanjaya KuruppuDaniela KneiszKalana MaduwageOded KleifeldA Ian SmithSisira SiribaddanaNicholas A BuckleyWayne C HodgsonGeoffrey K IsbisterPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2016)
The study shows that myotoxicity in Sri Lankan Russell's viper envenoming is mild and non-life threatening, and due to two PLA2 toxins with weak myotoxic properties.
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