Nerve agents

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 623-641

  Newmark, Jonathan ^a,b,c,d  

^a U States Army Med Res Inst C   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^d Attn: MCMR UV ZM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDOTE; ATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBAMIC ACID; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DANTROLENE; DEXANABINOL; DIAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPHOSPHONOTHIOIC ACID S (2 DIISOPROPYLAMINOETHYL) O ETHYL ESTER; MIDAZOLAM; NERVE GAS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; OXIME; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRALIDOXIME CHLORIDE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; RYANODINE; SARIN; SOMAN; TABUN; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL DERIVATIVE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CYANIDE POISONING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; IRAQ; JAPAN; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SELF INJECTION; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; TERRORISM;

EID: 14744291253     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2004.12.013     Document Type: Review

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