Pyridostigmine Used as a Nerve Agent Pretreatment Under Wartime Conditions.

Autor: Keeler, Jill R., Hurst, Charles G., Dunn, Michael A.
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Zdroj: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association; 8/7/91, Vol. 266 Issue 5, p693, 3p, 1 Chart
Abstrakt: Presents a study that determined the adverse effects of pretreatment with pyridostigmine bromide for nerve agent exposure during wartime. Range of incidence of the effects of pyridostigmine pretreatment; Predictable effects of muscarinic receptor activation; Basis for the headaches experienced by soldiers who took the drug.
Databáze: Complementary Index