Electromyographic and histological features of postpartum hypernatremic rhabdomyolysis

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 664-667

  Naik, Karkal Ravishankar ^a   Saroja, Aralikatte Onkarappa ^a   Narayanappa, Gayatri ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Electromyography; hypernatremia; myotonic discharges; postpartum; rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OLIGURIA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TENDON REFLEX; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84887584624     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.120485     Document Type: Article

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