Ubiquitin expression in acute steroid myopathy with loss of myosin thick filaments

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 94-96

  Minetti, C ^a,b   Hirano, M ^a   Morreale, G ^b   Pedemonte, M ^b   Cordone, G ^b   Hays, A P ^a   Bonilla, E ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute myopathy; corticosteroids; myosin; ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; STEROID; UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MYOSINS; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 0030033112     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199601)19:1<94::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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