The role of endotoxin in critical illness myopathy and polyneuropathy

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 256, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1354-

  Ahrens, Jörg ^a   Leuwer, Martin ^b   Foadi, Nilufar ^a   Haeseler, Gertrud ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; NERVE CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SEPSIS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 68349142924     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5099-1     Document Type: Letter

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