Cluster of wound botulism in california: Clinical, electrophysiologic, and pathologic study

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1284-1295

  Maselli, Ricardo A ^a   Ellis, William ^a   Mandler, Raul N ^a   Sheikh, Firdos ^a   Senton, Grace ^a   Knox, Stephen ^a   Salari Namin, Hamid ^a   Agius, Mark ^a   Wollmann, Robert L ^b   Richman, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Neuromuscular junction; Wound botulism

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTULISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; BOTULISM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ENDPLATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030830127     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199710)20:10<1284::AID-MUS11>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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