Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic evidence of increased for radical generation and selective damage to skeletal muscle following ligthning injury

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-289

  Bailey, Damian M ^a   Bärtsch, Peter ^b   Cooper, Mary Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn injury; High altitude; Oxidative tissue damage; Sarcolemmal membrane permeability; Spin trapping

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CREATINE KINASE; FREE RADICAL; MOLECULAR MARKER; MYOGLOBIN; N TERT BUTYL ALPHA PHENYLNITRONE; TROPONIN I; VITAMIN; WATER;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SIMULATION; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; LIGHTNING; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPIN TRAPPING; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; LIGHTNING INJURIES; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0141891416     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702903769192241     Document Type: Article

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