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Muscle disease associated with renal failure.
Archives of Internal Medicine
|July 1, 1977
Summary
A fatal muscle disease with paralysis and concurrent renal failure occurred in a 54-year-old woman. Immune mechanisms are suspected to be involved in both the muscle and kidney pathology.
Area of Science:
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Immunology
Background:
- A 54-year-old female patient presented with progressive muscle weakness culminating in fatal paralysis.
- The patient's muscle disease was accompanied by concurrent and progressing renal failure.
- Myoglobinuria was notably absent during the active phase of the illness.