Can rhabdomyolysis be a cause of sudden death in young athletes?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 935-

  Lobo, Stany Wilfred ^a   Pant, Sadip ^b   Kharoshah, Magdy A ^c   Senthilkumaran, S ^d   Riaz, Nida ^e   Menezes, Ritesh G ^f  

^a Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Egyptian Ministry of Justice   (Egypt)

^d Sri Gokulam Hospital and Research Institute   (India)

^e SABA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Netherlands)

^f Srinivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SPORT INJURY; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 80053978778     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.08.014     Document Type: Letter

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