Anaesthetic management of a patient with Leigh's syndrome

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1091-1095

  Shenkman, Ze'ev ^a,c   Krichevski, Igor ^a   Elpeleg, Orly N ^b   Joseph, Adina ^b   Kadari, Avishag ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG CHOICE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARYNX SPASM; LEIGH DISEASE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030724446     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03019232     Document Type: Article

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