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Diverse range of fixed positional deformities and bone growth restraint provoked by flaccid paralysis in embryonic chicks
1 Aug 2003
Abstract excerpt
Pancuronium bromide (PB) is used in neonates and pregnant women to induce limp, flaccid paralysis in order to allow mechanical ventilation during intensive care. Such non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drugs are administered to 0.1% of all human births in the UK. In this study, we examined PB effects on skeletal development in chick embryos. PB treatment produced skeletal deformities associated with...
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