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. 1975 May;38(5):483–492. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.38.5.483

Contractility and supersensitivity to adrenaline in dystrophic muscle.

M Takamori
PMCID: PMC492001  PMID: 1151415

Abstract

In the adductor pollicis muscle of patients with limb-girdle and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophies and possible carriers of Duchenne type muscular dystrophy, abnormal active state properties were found at the time when there was no alteration of needle electromyography and evoked muscle action potentials. Adrenaline induced a marked reduction of incomplete tetanus via beta receptors without change in neuromuscular transmission.

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