Inflammatory myopathy after intravenous streptokinase

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 619-621

  Muzio, Antonio D I ^a   Guglielmo, Giovanni D I ^a   Feliciani, Claudio ^a   De Luca, Giovanna ^a   Di Muzio, Marcello ^a   Uncini, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

glomerulonephritis; immune complex disease; inflammatory myopathy; skin vasculitis; streptokinase

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSPHAGIA; EDEMA; FATIGUE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; INFLAMMATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; NERVE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; VASCULITIS;

AGED; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEART; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; STREPTOKINASE;

EID: 0030936316     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199705)20:5<619::AID-MUS15>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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