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Administration of large dose of neostigmine caused very quickly marked myopathic changes at the motor end-plate region. With continued injections, however some recovery of the structural features did occur suggesting the reconstructive changes in the affected regions.
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Acknowledgment. We wish to express our profound thanks to Dr.T. Iwayama and Ass. Prof.H. Ishikawa for their comments and discussions. Our thanks go also to Miss.R. Yokomine for her untiring technical assistance.
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Kawabuchi, M., Osame, M., Watanabe, S. et al. Myopathic changes at the end-plate region induced by neostigmine methylsulfate. Experientia 32, 623–625 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990200
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990200