Toxic myopathies: muscle biopsy features Miopatia tóxica: biópsia muscular
Several drugs and toxic substances can cause muscular abnormalities and are frequent causes of acquired myopathies. We present a series of 32 patients, predominance of young adult patients, diagnosed with toxic myopathy. The most common substances inducing myopathy were corticosteroids (56.2%) follo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
2007-03-01
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Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2007000100018 |