Puffer fish poisoning, Guillain-Barré syndrome and persistent sodium channels

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-

  Kaji, Ryuji ^a   Nodera, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN KINASE C; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; EDITORIAL; FISH; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTOXICATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUFFER FISH;

ANIMALS; FOOD POISONING; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 14844321616     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20437     Document Type: Editorial

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