Subclinical Becker's muscular dystrophy presenting with severe heart failure

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 204-208

  Yokota, Ryoji ^a   Shirotani, Manabu ^a   Kouchi, Ichiro ^a   Hirai, Taku ^a   Uemori, Noritsugu ^a   Ohta, Yoshio ^a   Mitsui, Yoshiyuki ^b   Hattori, Ryuichi ^a  

^a KINDAI UNIVERSITY NARA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dystrophin; Gene deletion; Heart failure; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; CREATINE KINASE; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOGLOBINURIA; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE;

EID: 1842845004     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.204     Document Type: Article

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