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Cardiovascular and other abnormalities are described in ten patients with severe tetanus, with particular emphasis on cardiac output and related variables. The disturbances are attributed to pathological overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system.
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Corbett, J.L., Harris, P.J. Studies on the sympathetic nervous system in tetanus. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 276, 447–460 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00499897
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