 Muscle Weakness
"Muscle Weakness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A vague complaint of debility, fatigue, or exhaustion attributable to weakness of various muscles. The weakness can be characterized as subacute or chronic, often progressive, and is a manifestation of many muscle and neuromuscular diseases. (From Wyngaarden et al., Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p2251)
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D018908
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.515 C10.597.613.593 C23.550.695 C23.888.592.608.593
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| Concept/Terms |
Muscle Weakness- Muscle Weakness
- Muscle Weaknesses
- Weakness, Muscle
- Weaknesses, Muscle
- Muscular Weakness
- Muscular Weaknesses
- Weakness, Muscular
- Weaknesses, Muscular
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscle Weakness" by people in Profiles.
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Burtin C, Ter Riet G, Puhan MA, Waschki B, Garcia-Aymerich J, Pinto-Plata V, Celli B, Watz H, Spruit MA. Handgrip weakness and mortality risk in COPD: a multicentre analysis. Thorax. 2016 Jan; 71(1):86-7.
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Loh KP, Dahiya S, Brennan MJ. An unusual cause of delirium and debility: refractory hypercalcemia in a man with B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Oct; 62(10):2021-2.
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Childers MK, Joubert R, Poulard K, Moal C, Grange RW, Doering JA, Lawlor MW, Rider BE, Jamet T, Danièle N, Martin S, Rivière C, Soker T, Hammer C, Van Wittenberghe L, Lockard M, Guan X, Goddard M, Mitchell E, Barber J, Williams JK, Mack DL, Furth ME, Vignaud A, Masurier C, Mavilio F, Moullier P, Beggs AH, Buj-Bello A. Gene therapy prolongs survival and restores function in murine and canine models of myotubular myopathy. Sci Transl Med. 2014 Jan 22; 6(220):220ra10.
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Sancisi V, Germinario E, Esposito A, Morini E, Peron S, Moggio M, Tomelleri G, Danieli-Betto D, Tupler R. Altered Tnnt3 characterizes selective weakness of fast fibers in mice overexpressing FSHD region gene 1 (FRG1). Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2014 Jan 15; 306(2):R124-37.
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Kent-Braun JA, Callahan DM, Fay JL, Foulis SA, Buonaccorsi JP. Muscle weakness, fatigue, and torque variability: effects of age and mobility status. Muscle Nerve. 2014 Feb; 49(2):209-17.
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Scully EP, Klompas M, Morgan EA, Miller AL, Loscalzo J. Clinical problem-solving. Waiting for the other foot to drop. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jun 06; 368(23):2220-5.
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Cachia D, Izzy S, Ionete C, Salameh J. Brachial amyotrophic diplegia in the setting of complete HIV viral load suppression. BMJ Case Rep. 2012; 2012.
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Salameh J, Goyal N, Choudry R, Camelo-Piragua S, Chong PS. Phosphoglycerate mutase deficiency with tubular aggregates in a patient from Panama. Muscle Nerve. 2013 Jan; 47(1):138-40.
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Kim C, Srivastava S, Rice M, Godenschwege TA, Bentley B, Ravi S, Shao S, Woodard CT, Schwartz LM. Expression of human amyloid precursor protein in the skeletal muscles of Drosophila results in age- and activity-dependent muscle weakness. BMC Physiol. 2011 Apr 25; 11:7.
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Lamperti C, Fabbri G, Vercelli L, D'Amico R, Frusciante R, Bonifazi E, Fiorillo C, Borsato C, Cao M, Servida M, Greco F, Di Leo R, Volpi L, Manzoli C, Cudia P, Pastorello E, Ricciardi L, Siciliano G, Galluzzi G, Rodolico C, Santoro L, Tomelleri G, Angelini C, Ricci E, Palmucci L, Moggio M, Tupler R. A standardized clinical evaluation of patients affected by facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: The FSHD clinical score. Muscle Nerve. 2010 Aug; 42(2):213-7.
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