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Myopathy

Known as: muscular disorder, Muscle Disorders, Myopathic changes 
A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the muscles. Representative examples include muscular dystrophy, metabolic myopathies, muscular atrophies, and… 
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Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders

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Review
2000
Review
2000
Muscle physiology and pathophysiology: magnetic resonance imaging evaluation.
Just as the overlying skin hides skeletal muscle from direct assessment in clinical evaluation of muscle disease, so does it… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Myopathy and HIV infection
Skeletal muscle involvement may occur at all stages of HIV infection. The most simple classification of muscular disorders in HIV… 
1986
1986
Benign mitochondrial myopathy with deficiency of NADH-CoQ reductase and cytochrome c oxidase.
Since birth a female child had been weak and hypotonic. At three months of age, head control was lacking; sucking and crying were… 
1984
1984
Nemaline myopathy appearing in adults as cardiomyopathy. A clinicopathologic study.
We examined a 29-year-old woman with nemaline myopathy that appeared as cardiomyopathy. Clinical examination showed dilated… 
1982
1982
Alcoholic muscle disease.
1981
1981
Purification and biochemical study of viriditoxin, tissue damaging toxin, from prairie rattlesnake venom.
Rattlesnake poisoning frequently produces a severe tissue damaging effect including myonecrosis and hemorrhage. In this… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Myopathy due to ipecac syrup poisoning in a patient with anorexia nervosa.
Anorexia nervosa is characterized by vigorous pursuit of thinness and self-imposed starvation, often to the point of emaciation… 
1978
1978
Is vitamin E involved in the autoimmune mechanism?
Autoimmune diseases are characterized by an alteration of the body's defense mechanism, designed for protection against… 
1970
1970
Increased collagen synthesis in arthrogryposis multiplex congenita.
THE etiology and pathogenesis of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) are not well understood. Most investigators accept the… 
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
Study of effect of miltown (2-methyl-2-n-propyl-1,3-propanediol dicarbamate) on psychiatric states.
The search for a medicament with sedative and relaxant properties has been a never-ending one in the progress of medicine. The…