 Edrophonium
"Edrophonium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A rapid-onset, short-acting cholinesterase inhibitor used in cardiac arrhythmias and in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis. It has also been used as an antidote to curare principles.
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D004491
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.877.674.333 D02.675.276.352
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Zheng QH, Liu X, Fei X, Wang JQ, Mock BH, Glick-Wilson BE, Sullivan ML, Hutchins GD. Facile synthesis of [11C]edrophonium and its analogues as new potential PET imaging agents for heart acetylcholinesterase. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2003 May 19; 13(10):1787-90.
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Jaklitsch MT, Byrne JG, Mery C. Thymoma encasing last patent vein graft to the heart. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1999 Sep; 118(3):561-3.
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Fitzpatrick AP, Lee RJ, Epstein LM, Lesh MD, Eisenberg S, Sheinman MM. Effect of patient characteristics on the yield of prolonged baseline head-up tilt testing and the additional yield of drug provocation. Heart. 1996 Nov; 76(5):406-11.
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Shorten GD, Ali HH, Goudsouzian NG. Neostigmine and edrophonium antagonism of moderate neuromuscular block induced by pancuronium or tubocurarine. Br J Anaesth. 1993 Feb; 70(2):160-2.
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Alston TA. Edrophonium and pralidoxime. Anesth Analg. 1989 Jun; 68(6):826-7.
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Konishi S, Kravitz EA. The physiological properties of amine-containing neurones in the lobster nervous system. J Physiol. 1978 Jun; 279:215-29.
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Foldes FF, Klonymus DH, Maisel W, Sciammas F, Pan T. Studies of pancuronium in conscious and anesthetized man. Anesthesiology. 1971 Nov; 35(5):496-503.
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Foldes FF, Klonymus DH, Maisel W, Osserman KE. A new curare test for the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis. JAMA. 1968 Feb 26; 203(9):649-53.
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