Electromyography and clinical neurophysiology
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Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol · Sep 2003
Case ReportsFood-borne botulism cases in Van region in eastern Turkey: importance of electromyography in the diagnosis.
Food-borne botulism is an acute form of poisoning that results from ingestion of a toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum. Botulism toxin causes its major effect by blocking neuromuscular transmission in autonomic and motor nerve terminals. ⋯ Although toxin could not be detected in the patients, the electromyographic findings supported our diagnosis. We concluded that electromyography has an important role in diagnosis of botulism, especially in the condition that serologic tests are negative or cannot be performed.