Neuromuscular transmission failure due to common krait (Bungarus caeruleus) envenomation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1637-1643

  Singh, Gagandeep ^a   Pannu, H S ^a   Chawla, P S ^a   Malhotra, S ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Edrophonium; Krait envenomation; Neuromuscular junction; Repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS)

Indexed keywords

EDROPHONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; ANTIVENINS; BUNGARUS; CHILD; EDROPHONIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SNAKE BITES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032711219     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199912)22:12<1637::AID-MUS4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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