Acute rhabdomyolysis caused by Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis)

Phytomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 525-527

  Mazokopakis, Elias E ^a,b   Karefilakis, Christos M ^b   Tsartsalis, Athanasios N ^b   Milkas, Anastasios N ^b   Ganotakis, Emmanuel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b Naval Hospital of Crete   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arthrospira platensis; Rhabdomyolysis; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SPIRULINA;

ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; SPIRULINA;

EID: 44749091914     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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