Effects of different treatment regimens of methylprednisolone on rat diaphragm contractility, immunohistochemistry and biochemistry

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1217-1223

  Van Balkom, R H H ^a,b   Van der Heijden, H F M ^a   Van Moerkerk, H T B ^b   Veerkamp, J H ^b   Fransen, J A M ^a   Ginsel, L A ^a   Folgering, H Th M ^a   Van Herwaarden, C L A ^a   Dekhuijzen, P N R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternate day therapy; animal; burst therapy; contractility; corticosteroids; immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CREATINE KINASE; DIAPHRAGM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030056698     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09061217     Document Type: Article

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