International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 118-124 , September 2007

Botulism: A Frequently Forgotten Old Malady

  • Teguh Thajeb

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Lin-Kou, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Li-Shin Hospital, Ping-Jen City, Taoyuan, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Min Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Dao-Fu Dai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    • ,
  • Daniel Daile Thajeb

      Affiliations

    • School of Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Peterus Thajeb

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Peterus Thajeb, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, P.O. Box Nei-Hu 6-30, Taipei City 11499, Taiwan

,Accepted 15 March 2007.

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PII: S1873-9598(08)70032-2

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(08)70032-2

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 118-124 , September 2007

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