Camptocormia as a clinical manifestation of mitochondrial myopathy

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1017-1019

  Gómez Puerta, José A ^a   Peris, Pilar ^a   Grau, Josep M ^a   Martinez, M Angeles ^a   Guañabens, Núria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bent spine; Camptocormia; Cormoptosis; Mitochondrial myopathy; Muscular weakness

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUSCLE ENZYME; RIBOFLAVIN; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CAMPTOCORMIA; CASE REPORT; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE;

EID: 34250746005     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0259-5     Document Type: Article

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