Natural history of alcoholic myopathy: A 5-year study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2023-2028

  Estruch, Ramon ^a   Sacanella, Emilio ^a   Fernández Solá, Joaquim ^a   Nicolás, Josep María ^a   Rubin, Emanuel ^b   Urbano Márquez, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholic Myopathy; Ethanol; Muscle; Reversibility

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE;

ALCOHOLISM; BIOPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 0032407823     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-199812000-00018     Document Type: Article

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