Effective doses of vecuronium in a patient with myotonic dystrophy

Anaesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1216-1218

  Nishi, Masatosi ^a   Itoh, H ^a   Tsubokawa, T ^a   Taniguchi, T ^a   Yamamoto, K ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myotonic dystrophy; Vecuronium

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE; FOOT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MALE; MUSCLE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; VECURONIUM BROMIDE;

EID: 10044282640     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03926.x     Document Type: Article

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