Acute corticosteroid myopathy in intensive care patients

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1371-1380

  Hanson, Philippe ^a   Dive, Alain ^a   Brucher, Jean Marie ^b   Bisteau, Michel ^b   Dangoisse, Michel ^a   Deltombe, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Electromyography; Muscle blocking agents; Myopathy; Propofol

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYOFILAMENT; MYOPATHY; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030865519     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199711)20:11<1371::AID-MUS4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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