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Presentation may range from restrictive lung dysfunction to acute respiratory failure. Can be due to noncompetitive myoneuronal presynaptic blockade of acetylcholine release, myasthenia gravis, or myopathy. May cause severe or fatal respiratory failure. May be diffuiculmt to separate from Iaj. See also under IXd, IXj, IXs, and PMID 7628504, 25767924. See also myasthenia gravis under IXr
Publications
Unmasking and exacerbation of myasthenia gravis by ophthalmic solutions: betoxolol, tobramycin, and dexamethasone. A case report.
Muscle & nerve 1997 May;20;631 — 1997 May — 631
Antibiotics and neuromuscular function.
Anesthesiology 1981 Aug;55;148-59 — 1981 Aug — 148-59