Anaesthesia and juvenile Huntington's disease

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-109

  Gupta, Kalpna ^a   Leng, Christopher P ^a  

^a NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Juvenile Huntington's disease

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CISAPRIDE; DIAZEPAM; ISOFLURANE; LACTULOSE; LAMOTRIGINE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG FUNCTION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EMPTYING; VOMITING;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 0033978054     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2000.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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