RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Timber rattlesnake venom‐induced myokymia
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 1545
OP 1545
DO 10.1212/WNL.37.9.1545
VO 37
IS 9
A1 Brick, J. F.
A1 Gutmann, L.
A1 Brick, J.
A1 Apelgren, K. N.
A1 Riggs, J. E.
YR 1987
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/37/9/1545.abstract
AB Facial and limb myokymia occurred in four consecutive cases of timber rattlesnake envenomation and represents the “fasciculations” frequently reported in this entity. The facial myokymia disappears within hours of antivenin therapy and the limb myokymia by increasing serum ionized calcium. These observations suggest that the action of the venom is a biochemical one, increasing peripheral nerve excitability.