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Serotonin-Induced Muscle Weakness

Archives of Neurology, 1974
Infusions of serotonin into a rat nervemuscle preparation decreased the force of the evoked twitch of anterior tibial and soleus muscles. Antiserotonin drugs (cyproheptadine hydrochloride, methysergide, chlorpromazine hydrochloride) prevented the adverse effect of serotonin if they were given prior to the serotonin infusion.
B M, Patten, K L, Oliver, W K, Engel
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[Muscle weakness].

Schweizerische Rundschau fur Medizin Praxis = Revue suisse de medecine Praxis, 1994
A 61 year old man complained initially about pain in the left lower leg with increasing swelling of the entire left leg. A slight swelling of the left ankle and knee and an erythematous skin change of 5 cm diameter developed and disappeared after a few hours.
S, Seewald, E, Schmidt-Hengst, C, Schmidt, H, Vetter   +3 more
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Muscle Weakness and Falls

2018
Even if the muscle impairment secondary to hypovitaminosis D has been known since the seventeenth century in children affected by rickets, we had to wait for the discovery of the presence of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) in the human skeletal muscle cells to witness a remarkable growth of knowledge concerning the action of vitamin D on muscle.
Iolascon G., Moretti A., Stefano L., Gimigliano F.   +3 more
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[Muscle weakness].

Praxis, 2003
A 31-year old cook suffered from episodes with muscular weakness since 3 weeks. These episodes resolved, at times, spontaneously and completely after a few hours. The weakness affected mainly the muscles of trunk and proximal extremities. Investigation of the patient revealed flaccid tetraparesis with diminished tendon reflexes, however, cranial ...
G, Coppola, St, Bützberger, P, Greminger, G, Schulthess   +3 more
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Tick Paralysis Without Muscle Weakness

Archives of Neurology, 1969
TICK PARALYSIS, a disease of man and animals, has been recognized as a clinical entity since the beginning of the 19th century. Captain William Hovell, while traveling through Australia, wrote in 1824 of "the small insect called the tick, which buries itself in the flesh, and would in the end destroy either man or beast if not removed in time." 1 Todd ...
J C, Lagos, R E, Thies
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A patient with muscle weakness

BMJ, 2016
A 29 year old woman presented with symptoms of muscle weakness and difficulty swallowing. Physical examination showed swollen upper eyelids with a violaceous eruption (fig 1⇓). The dorsal side of her fingers was covered with an erythematous eruption.
Bravenboer, Bert, Debels, Lynn
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Peripheral muscle weakness in RASopathies

Muscle & Nerve, 2012
AbstractIntroduction: RASopathies are a group of genetic conditions due to alterations of the Ras/MAPK pathway. Neurocutaneous findings are hallmark features of the RASopathies, but musculoskeletal abnormalities are also frequent. The objective was to evaluate handgrip strength in the RASopathies.
David A, Stevenson, Shawn, Allen, William E, Tidyman, John C, Carey, David H, Viskochil, Austin, Stevens, Heather, Hanson, Xiaoming, Sheng, Brandi A, Thompson, Megumi J, Okumura, Kent, Reinker, Barbara, Johnson, Katherine A, Rauen   +12 more
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Proximal muscle weakness in children

Postgraduate Medicine, 1981
In as many as half of the children referred to a muscle disease clinic, the original diagnosis is ultimately changed. Five cases histories are reviewed here in which Duchenne muscular dystrophy had been mistakenly diagnosed 3 to 12 years previously and the correct diagnosis was made only after repeat muscle biopsy or biopsy review.
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Adolescent Onset of Muscle Weakness

Medical Clinics of North America
Pediatric adolescent muscle weakness can be from a variety of causes. Methodical diagnostic evaluation can lead to the category of diseases whereby phenotypic overlap requires either specialized care or broad testing patterns. However, having the ultimate diagnosis is important for prognostication.
Meghan K, Konda, Matthew, Harmelink
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Control of satellite cell function in muscle regeneration and its disruption in ageing

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021
Pedro Sousa-Victor, Pura Muñoz-Cánoves
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