The effects of donepezil and neostigmine in a patient with unusual pseudocholinesterase activity

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1203-1205

  Sprung, Juraj ^a   Castellani, William J ^a   Srinivasan, Venkatramana ^a   Udayashankar, Solur ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; DONEPEZIL; NEOSTIGMINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDANS; NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PIPERIDINES; PSEUDOCHOLINESTERASE;

EID: 0031754620     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199811000-00043     Document Type: Article

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