Nutrients and Muscle Disease

Nutrients and Muscle Disease

1Center for Study and Research on Obesity, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milan, Italy 2Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA 3Department of Molecular Medicine and Laboratory for Motor Activities in Rare Diseases ...

Antioxidant nutrients, atherosclerosis, and coronary heart disease.

Human pancreatic exocrine response to nutrients in health and disease.

Accepted 29 March 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 INTRODUCTION Optimal digestion and absorption of nutrients requires a complex interaction among motor and secretory functions of the gastrointestinal tract. Digestion of macronutrients is a prerequisite for absorption and occurs mostly via enzymatic hydrolysis. In this context, pancreatic enzymes, in particular lipase, amy...

Use of Muscle Relaxants in Patients Without Kidney Disease

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weakness and progressive muscle tightness diagnosed as kennedy disease

kennedy disease is a rare x-linked neurodegenerative disorder that affects patients in 30-50 years of age. it is caused by cag-repeat in androgen receptor gen. there is no known effective treatment for kennedy disease. we report a 60-year-old man who had fasciculations and proximal and distal muscle weakness. physical examination showed involvement of the bulbar musculature accompanied by tongu...