Functional and histologic picture of steroid-induced myopathy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 6 I, 1996, Pages 1958-1964

  Decramer, Marc ^a,b   De Bock, Vera ^a   Dom, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0029924786     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.6.8665061     Document Type: Article

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