Hoffman's syndrome: Muscle stiffness, pseudohypertrophy and hypothyroidism

Hormone Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-108

  Mastropasqua, Maria ^a   Spagna, Gaetano ^a   Baldini, Valentina ^a   Tedesco, Ilaria ^a   Paggi, Anna ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hoffman's syndrome; Hypothyroidism; Myopathy; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOFFMAN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; CREATINE KINASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SYNDROME; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROXINE;

EID: 0037276547     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068573     Document Type: Article

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