title: The effects of toxins on muscle.
abstract: Substances known to be myotoxic are reviewed, including descriptions of the resultant clinical syndromes and the mechanisms important in their development. Certain host characteristics such as altered immune and metabolic regulation are known to modulate the effects of individual myotoxins, producing varied clinical syndromes. Evaluation procedures important in identifying a toxin-induced myopathy are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0316, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wald
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014118:Toxins, Biological
chemical_list: D014118:Toxins, Biological