Over a period of 15 months we have seen 6 patients with long-standing history of subcutaneous heroin injections who experienced acute blurred vision, dysphagia, dysarthria, and generalized weakness. Decreased or absent deep tendon reflexes, pupillary abnormalities, incremental responses to fast repe
Clinical electrophysiology of infantile botulism
β Scribed by Dr. David R. Cornblath; John T. Sladky; Austin J. Sumner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 741 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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