A case of convulsion induced by propofol

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-78

  Etchu, Hidekazu ^a   Kurahashi, Kiyoyasu ^a   Kitamura, Shunji ^a  

^a Yokosuka City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; PROPOFOL;

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RECEPTOR BINDING;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROPOFOL; REOPERATION; SEIZURES;

EID: 0031887755     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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