Hemiparetic acute myopathy of intensive care progressing to triplegia

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1420-1422

  Sun, Dexter Y ^a   Edgar, Mark ^a   Rubin, Michael ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030778475     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550230085022     Document Type: Article

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