Walsh & Hoyt: Neuromuscular Disorders Caused by Drugs or Toxins

Identifier wh_ch21_p1070
Title Walsh & Hoyt: Neuromuscular Disorders Caused by Drugs or Toxins
Creator Preston C. Calvert, MD (retired)
Subject Ocular Motor System; Neuromuscular Disorders Caused by Drugs or Toxins
Description Substances that cause neuromuscular disturbances do so by affecting presynaptic mechanisms, postsynaptic mechanisms, or both. These substances are primarily drugs and toxins. Drug-induced autoimmune damage to the neuromuscular junction. Drugs that affect neuromuscular transmission through presynaptic and postsynaptic effects. Toxins that damage presynaptic neuromuscular transmission. Arthropod envenomation. Botulism. Tetanus. Toxins that damage both pre- and postsynaptic neuromuscular transmission.
Date 2005
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition
Relation is Part of Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6wd7831
Setname ehsl_novel_whts
ID 186774
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wd7831
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