TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Significance of serum cholinesterase level in organophosphate poisoning
JO  - Medico-legal update
A1  - Kukde, H.G.
A1  - Ambade, V.N.
A1  - Batra, A.K.
A1  - Keoliya, A.N.
SP  - 70
EP  - 74
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
N2  - Consumption of Organophosphorus compound is one of the commonest modes of committing suicide in rural India. This study was conducted with aim to correlate the serum cholinesterase level and severity of organophosphorus poisoning. Estimation of serum cholinesterase levels are widely used to measure the esterases which clear acetyl choline. Calorimetric procedure of Ellman as described by Venkatraman was used to measure the acetyl cholinesterase activity in patient admitted at Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College, Yavatmal with clear diagnosis of organophosphorus poisoning and postmortem cases autopsied at mortury of Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College, Yavatmal.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0971-720X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -