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Author Tang, Feng Ru

Title Chemical-Induced Seizures : Mechanisms, Consequences and Treatment
Published Sharjah : Bentham Science Publishers, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (114 pages)
Contents 01 Title.pdf; 02 Cover Page; 03 eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 CONTENTS; 05 Foreword; 06 Preface; 07 List of contributors; 08 Chapter 1; 09 Chapter 2; 10 Chapter 3; 11 Chapter 4; 12 Chapter 5 Improved; 13 Chapter 6; 14 Chapter 7; 15 Chapter 8; 16 Index
Summary Since the Tokyo Sarin Subway Attack, the threat of chemical warfare agents has migrated from the battlefield to become a major concern for homeland security in the 21th century. While current fielded antidotes are able to mitigate acute high mortality arising from exposure to nerve agents, achieving effective neuroprotection in subjects with nerve agent induced prolonged seizures or status epilepticus is currently lacking. To overcome this challenge, establishing an improved understanding on the mechanism linking seizure onset during chemical (including nerve agents) poisoning to the subsequen
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Subject Chemicals -- Physiological effect.
Nervous system -- Effect of chemicals on
Convulsions.
Spasms.
Seizures
Spasm
Chemicals -- Physiological effect.
Convulsions.
Spasms.
Form Electronic book
Author Loke, Weng Keong
ISBN 9781608052745
1608052745