Two cases of pentazocine-induced neuromuscular syndrome in addicted patients are reported. Histochemical and quantitative histographic analyses of muscle biopsies performed in areas distant from site of injection, disclosed type 2 atrophy. A generalized myotoxic effect of pentazocine is suggested.

Pentazocine-induced neuromuscular syndromes: clinical, immunological and histopathological studies in two cases / C. Mariani, G. Meola, P.L. Meroni, C. Guaita, G. Scarlato. - 7:7(1981), pp. 246-248.

Pentazocine-induced neuromuscular syndromes: clinical, immunological and histopathological studies in two cases

G. Meola;P.L. Meroni;
1981

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Two cases of pentazocine-induced neuromuscular syndrome in addicted patients are reported. Histochemical and quantitative histographic analyses of muscle biopsies performed in areas distant from site of injection, disclosed type 2 atrophy. A generalized myotoxic effect of pentazocine is suggested.
Humans ; Injections, Intramuscular ; Muscles ; Biopsy ; Immunity, Cellular ; Neuromuscular Diseases ; Adult ; Immunoglobulin G ; Adenosine Triphosphatases ; Pentazocine ; Female ; Male ; Muscular Atrophy
Settore MED/16 - Reumatologia
1981
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6452786
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