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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Main Authors: Rosana Herminia Scola, Eduardo Rafael Pereira, Paulo José Lorenzoni, Lineu César Werneck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2007-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2007000100018