Mushroom myopathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 790-792

  Gonzalez, Jorge ^a   Lacomis, David ^a   Kramer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amanita; mushroom poisoning; myopathy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHARCOAL; CREATINE KINASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTULOSE; MYOSIN; PANCREAS ENZYME;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FAILURE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSHROOM POISONING; MYOPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUSHROOM POISONING;

EID: 0030006274     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199606)19:6<790::AID-MUS19>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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