Nerve terminal damage by β-bungarotoxin: Its clinical significance

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 447-455

  Dixon, Rupert W ^a   Harris, John B ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA BUNGAROTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOTOR NERVE; MOUSE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0032912951     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65291-1     Document Type: Article

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