| Literature DB >> 84061 |
K Ricker, A Haass, F Glötzner.
Abstract
Fenoterol is used in patients with premature labor to delay delivery. A young women treated with fenoterol developed severe generalized myotonia. Symptoms disappeared after medication had been stopped. In a later study myotonic discharges were found electromyographically in the muscles of the patient and her brother. Both suffered from subclinical recessive myotonia congenita (Becker). A heterozygous manifestation may be supposed.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 84061 DOI: 10.1007/BF00312981
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurol ISSN: 0340-5354 Impact factor: 4.849