Safety of endrophonium chloride (Tensilon) Test as a diagnostic tool in myasthenia gravis;Der edrophonium-chlorid (Tensilon)-test: Ein sichere methode in der diagnostik der myasthenia gravis

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 592-595

  Domanovits, Hans ^a,b   Wenger, Sylvia ^b   Schillinger, Martin ^a   Mayr, Norbert ^b   Holzer, Michael ^a   Laggner, Anton N ^a   Zeitlhofer, Josef ^b  

^a Abteilung fur Notfallmedizin   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adverse events; ECG; Edrophonium chloride (Tensilon); Hemodynamics; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGITALIS; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDROPHONIUM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034617014     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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