Therapeutic magnesium for eclampsia: An unusual cause for antepartum flaccid paralysis [6]

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-80

  Nethravathi, M ^a   Panicker, J ^a   Taly, A ^a   Arunodaya, G ^a   Sinha, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERMAGNESEMIA; LETTER; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERONEUS NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33846680786     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.30341     Document Type: Letter

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