Journal article
Timber rattlesnake venom-induced myokymia: evidence for peripheral nerve origin
Neurology, Vol.37(9), pp.1545-1546
1987
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.37.9.1545
PMID: 3627455
Abstract
Facial and limb myokymia occurred in four consecutive cases of timber rattlesnake envenomation and represents the "fasciculations" frequently reported in this entity. The facial myokymia disappears within hours of antivenin therapy and the limb myokymia by increasing serum ionized calcium. These observations suggest that the action of the venom is a biochemical one, increasing peripheral nerve excitability.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Timber rattlesnake venom-induced myokymia: evidence for peripheral nerve origin
- Creators
- J. F BRICK - West Virginia univ. school medicine, dep. neurology, Morgantown WV 26506, United StatesL GUTMANN - West Virginia univ. school medicine, dep. neurology, Morgantown WV 26506, United StatesJ BRICK - West Virginia univ. school medicine, dep. neurology, Morgantown WV 26506, United StatesK. N APELGREN - West Virginia univ. school medicine, dep. neurology, Morgantown WV 26506, United StatesJ. E RIGGS - West Virginia univ. school medicine, dep. neurology, Morgantown WV 26506, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Neurology, Vol.37(9), pp.1545-1546
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Hagerstown, MD
- DOI
- 10.1212/WNL.37.9.1545
- PMID
- 3627455
- ISSN
- 0028-3878
- eISSN
- 1526-632X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1987
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Record Identifier
- 9984015537002771
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