n.
The neurotropic exotoxin of Clostridium tetani that causes tetanus.
tetanus toxin
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- tetanus antitoxin (immunology)
- tetanus toxoid (immunology)
- toxins
- tetanus
- antitoxin
- Baron Shibasaburo Kitasato (Scientist)
- John Jacob Abel (American biochemist)
- Muscle Spasms & Cramps
- Botulism
- Eubacteria
- Gaston Ramon
- Clostridium tetani
- 1895 (chronology)
- Cross-reactivity
