Anaesthesia and myotonia
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Anaesthesia and myotonia.
The myotonias are a group of uncommon disorders. All display a characteristic electromyographic picture and some of the disorders have systemic manifestations. They are important to the anaesthetist for several reasons. Anaesthetic and surgical interventions may induce myotonia which, when initiated, may complicate the course of anaesthesia and be difficult to abolish. Furthermore, patients oft...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0007-0912
DOI: 10.1093/bja/75.1.113