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Chin Med J (Taipei) 1996;58:299-302.
1Department of Neurology, Min-Shen General Hospital, Tao-Yuan; and 2Department of Neurology, Taipei Yang-Ming Municipal Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tetrodotoxin (TTN) is a marine neurotoxin that is sometimes responsible for the mortality of pufferfish consumers. A case of human tetrodotoxication caused by ingestion of Goby is reported. The patient developed perioral numbness, acroparesthesia, generalized weakness and respiratory failure within hours after ingestion. The electrophysiological studies at the 16th hour of intoxication revealed generalized sensori-motor axonopathy, but no disturbance on the neuromuscular junction motor endplate. Human electrophysiological studies of acute TTX intoxication have rarely been documented in literature.
[Chin Med J (Taipei) 1996;58:299-302.]
Keywords: electrophysiological studies, Goby, tetrodotoxin
Received: October 20, 1995.
Accepted: May 13, 1996.
Reprint requests to:
Dr. Vai-Hong Fong
Department of Neurology
Min-Shen General Hospital
No. 106, Sec. 3, San-Min Road
Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Copyright: 1996, Chinese Medical Association (Taipei)