Locked-in syndrome following a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) envenomation
The incidence of envenoming from king cobra, Ophiophagus hannah in human is relatively rare. Its venom acts on the postsynaptic region of the neuromuscular junction causing descending flaccid paralysis. Locked-in syndrome is a clinical state of inability to provide motor response in a conscious pati...
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| Language: | English |
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Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2017
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12699/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12699/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12699/1/22_khaldun_et_al_pdf_36414.pdf |