Detrimental effects of short-term glucocorticoid use on the rat diaphragm

Physical Therapy

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 160-167

  Eason, Jane M ^a   Dodd, Stephen L ^a   Powers, Scott K ^a   Martin, A Daniel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Contractile properties; Glucocorticoid; Muscle atrophy; Rat; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0033975887     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/80.2.160     Document Type: Article

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