Clinical use of creatine in neuromuscular and neurometabolic disorders

Subcellular Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue , 2007, Pages 183-204

  Tarnopolsky, Mark A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE;

ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; DISEASE MODEL; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DRUG EFFECT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ENDURANCE; GENETICS; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 5; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME LINKED MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CREATINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE V; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED MDX; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 49649129942     PISSN: 03060225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6486-9_10     Document Type: Article

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