Effects of alcohol on skeletal and cardiac muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 689-707

  Urbano Márquez, Alvaro ^a   Fernández Solà, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cardiomyopathy; Myocardium; Myopathy; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; APOPTOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; SEX ROLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 10044267663     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20168     Document Type: Review

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