Botulism: A diagnostic challenge

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 10-12

  Chaudhry, Rama ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; BOTULINUM TOXIN C; BOTULINUM TOXIN D; BOTULINUM TOXIN E; BOTULINUM TOXIN F; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BOTULISM; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; IMMUNODETECTION; LETTER; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 80054737416     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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