Electrophoretic determination of the myosin/actin ratio in the diagnosis of critical illness myopathy
- 12 August 2003
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Springer Nature in Intensive Care Medicine
- Vol. 29 (9), 1515-1527
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-1894-9
Abstract
To develop a rapid method to quantify myosin in muscle biopsy specimens from patients with critical illness myopathy (CIM).Keywords
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