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Severe acute myopathy following SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case report and review of recent literature

BACKGROUND: SARS-CoV2 virus could be potentially myopathic. Serum creatinine phosphokinase (CPK) is frequently found elevated in severe SARS-CoV2 infection, which indicates skeletal muscle damage precipitating limb weakness or even ventilatory failure. CASE PRESENTATION: We addressed such a patient...

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Autores principales: Islam, Badrul, Ahmed, Mohiuddin, Islam, Zhahirul, Begum, S. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8058144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33883014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13395-021-00266-5