Evidence of Apoptosis in Chronic Alcoholic Skeletal Myopathy

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1247-1252

  Fernández Solà, Joaquim ^a,b   Nicolás, José María ^a   Fatjó, Francesca ^a   García, Gloria ^a   Sacanella, Emilio ^a   Estruch, Ramón ^a   Tobías, Esther ^a   Badia, Eva ^a   Urbano Márquez, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ethanol; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOPATHY; NICK END LABELING; PATHOGENESIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0345731413     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2003.07.017     Document Type: Article

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