Proximal myopathy in lacto-vegetarian Asian patients responding to Vitamin D and calcium supplement therapy - two case reports and review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: Severe proximal myopathy can occasionally be the first presenting complaint of patients with osteomalacia. This may lead to investigations and misdiagnosis of a neuromuscular disease, rather than a metabolic bone disease. CASE PRESENTATIONS: We present here two cases of severe proximal...

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Autores principales: Thabit, Hood, Barry, Maurice, Sreenan, Seamus, Smith, Diarmuid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3113994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21569505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-178

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