Serum levels of cytokines in patients envenomed by Tityus serrulatus scorpion sting.

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Published in Toxicon on August 01, 1999

Authors

M M Magalhães1, M E Pereira, C F Amaral, N A Rezende, D Campolina, F Bucaretchi, R T Gazzinelli, J R Cunha-Melo

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1: Serviço GEN-CAD and Departamento de Cirurgia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

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