Acta Med. 2004, 47: 171-175

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.86

Assessment of the Therapeutic and Anticonvulsive Efficacy of a Drug Combination Consisting of Trihexyphenidyle and HI-6 in Soman-Poisoned Rats

Jiří Kassaa, Ivan Samnalievb

aPurkyně Military Medical Academy in Hradec Kralové, Department of Toxicology, Hradec Kralové, Czech Republic
bMilitary Medical Academy, Research Center of NBC Defence, Sofia, Bulgaria

Received November 1, 2003
Accepted June 1, 2004

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