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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 13, 449-452, Copyright © 1966 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Curare Sensitivity in Ocular Myopathy

J. C. JACOB F.R.C.P.(C)1 and GEORGE P. VARKEY F.R.C.P.(C)1

1 Departments of Neurology and Anesthesiology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India

1. The clinical features of ocular myopathy are briefly described.

2. The observations made during administration of very small doses of curare in 4 cases of ocular myopathy are recorded. Attention is drawn to the unusual sensitivity to curare, which is not reversed by neostigmine in these cases of ocular myopathy.

3. The significance of these observations is discussed, and other neuromuscular disorders showing a similar sensitivity to curare are indicated.






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