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Neuromuscular blockade with atracurium besylate in a patient with myasthenia gravis

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Atracurium besylate was used in a patient with myasthenia gravis for muscle relaxation during transthoracic resection of a thymic tumour. The quality and duration of neuromuscular blockade and the rate of spontaneous recovery of neuromuscular function is described.

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  1. Department if Anaesthesia, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland

    D. F. Murphy & J. B. Magner

  2. Department of Anaesthesia, Sir Charles Gardner Hospital, Verdun Street, Perth, Western Australia, Nedlands

    D. F. Murphy & J. B. Magner

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Murphy, D.F., Magner, J.B. Neuromuscular blockade with atracurium besylate in a patient with myasthenia gravis. I.J.M.S. 155, 202–203 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02939843

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