Pentazocine-induced fibromyositis and contracture

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 884, 1999, Pages 361-362

  Das, C P ^a   Thussu, A ^a   Prabhakar, S ^a   Banerjee, A K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Contractures; Myopathy; Pentazocine

Indexed keywords

PENTAZOCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; ELBOW; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MYOPATHY; POLYMYOSITIS;

EID: 0032936202     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.884.361     Document Type: Article

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