Sub-clinical neuromuscular dysfunction after envenoming by Merrem's hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale)

Envenoming by hump-nosed pit vipers (genus Hypnale) causes local effects, mild coagulopathy, and rarely, acute kidney injury. Neuromuscular dysfunction has not been clinically reported but, in vitro studies show a weak, reversible, neurotoxic effect on the neuromuscular junction. We investigated the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Toxicology communications 2019-01, Vol.3 (1), p.23-28
Hauptverfasser:	Silva, Anjana, Sedgwick, E. Michael, Weerawansa, Prasanna, Pilapitiya, Senaka, Weerasinghe, Vajira, Buckley, Nicholas, Siribaddana, Sisira, Isbister, Geoffrey K.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Electromyography Hypnale Hypnale hypnale Neurotoxicity Paralysis Single-fiber electromyography snakebite
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