Muscle Fiber Changes of the Vastus Medialis in Rheumatoid Patients

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-164

  Touno, Midori ^a   Senda, Masuo ^a   Nakago, Kie ^a   Yokoyama, Yoshiki ^a   Inoue, Hajime ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Muscle atrophy; Muscle fiber type; Rheumatoid arthritis; Vastus medialis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CELL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREDNISOLONE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0030158190     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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