Early Treatment with Intranasal Neostigmine Reduces Mortality in a Mouse Model of Naja naja (Indian Cobra) Envenomation
Objective. Most snakebite deaths occur prior to hospital arrival; yet inexpensive, effective, and easy to administer out-of-hospital treatments do not exist. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors can be therapeutic in neurotoxic envenomations when administered intravenously, but nasally delivered drugs co...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2014-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Tropical Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/131835 |