Acute myopathy with selective degeneration of myosin filaments following status asthmaticus treated with methylprednisolone and vecuronium

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 19-26

  Waclawik, Andrzej J ^a   Sufit, Robert L ^a   Beinlich, Brad R ^a   Schutta, Henry S ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Myopathy; myosin; status asthmaticus; steroids; vecuronium

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYOSIN; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; VECURONIUM;

ACIDOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMATIC STATE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; STATUS ASTHMATICUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VECURONIUM BROMIDE;

EID: 0026735249     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-8966(92)90022-X     Document Type: Article

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