Effects of snake venom on endocrine hormones
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of the envenomation maybe both systematic and localized.5 Depending on the species of the snake involved and the amount of venom injected. Localized tissue damage is found to occur in many internal organs including the brain, lungs, heart, kidney, liver and endocrine glands.6,7 On the other hand, cobra venoms were reported to contain many active ingredients that beside neurotoxicity it can Khidir A. Abdel-Galil, PhD, Awdah M. Al-Hazimi, PhD, MMEd.
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