Nitric oxide and muscle weakness

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 940-941

  Swash, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SARCOLEMMA;

EID: 79953216046     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318210441c     Document Type: Editorial

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