A steroid-responsive case of severe rhabdomyolysis associated with cytomegalovirus infection

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 312-316

  Sato, Keishiro ^a   Yoneda, Makoto ^a   Hayashi, Koji ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroto ^a   Higuchi, Itsuro ^b   Kuriyama, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Rhabdomyolysis; Steroid

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPHAGIA; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TENDON REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYOSITIS; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 33746880712     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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