Experimental mitochondrial myopathy induced by chronic intoxication by Senna occidentalis seeds

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Calore, Edenilson Eduardo ^a,d   Cavaliere, Maria José ^b   Haraguchi, Mitsue ^c   Górniak, Silvana Lima ^a   Dagli, Maria Lúcia Zaidan ^a   Raspantini, Paulo César ^a   Calore, Nilda Maria Perez ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

metabolic myopathies; mitochondria; mitochondrial myopathy; muscle diseases; Senna occidentalis; toxic myopathies; toxic plants

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LIPID STORAGE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENNA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES; PLANT POISONING; REFERENCE VALUES; SEEDS; SENNA EXTRACT;

EID: 0031059370     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00263-8     Document Type: Article

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