Critical illness myopathy: Further evidence from muscle-fiber excitability studies of an acquired channelopathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-22

  Allen, David C ^a   Arunachalam, Ramamurthy ^a,b   Mills, Kerry R ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compound muscle action potential; Critical illness myopathy; Direct muscle stimulation; Hypokalemic periodic paralysis; Muscle fiber conduction velocity

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHANNELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICAL ILLNESS MYOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MYOPATHY; NEUROPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEAKNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNELOPATHIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 37749014959     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20884     Document Type: Article

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