Acute quadriplegic myopathy: Analysis of myosin isoforms and evidence for calpain-mediated proteolysis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 316-322

  Showalter, Carol J ^a   Engel, Andrew G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

acute quadriplegic myopathy; calpain; glucocorticoids; myosin; neuromuscular blocking agents; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUADRIPLEGIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CALPAIN; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MYOSINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 0031034910     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199703)20:3<316::AID-MUS8>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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