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KMID : 0359720090270040424
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Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2009 Volume.27 No. 4 p.424 ~ p.427
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Myopathy Following Ingestion of Ma-huang (Ephedra)-based Herbal Remedy
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Back Jang-Hyun
Suh Bum-Chun
Kim Yong-Bum
Moon Heui-Soo
Chung Pil-Wook
Jin Dong-Kwan
Kim Bong-Jae
Park Yong-Shik
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Abstract
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Ma-huang (Ephedra sinica) is a herb that exhibits sympathomimetic activity. We report a patient with acquired myopathy following ingestion of a Ma-huang-based herbal remedy for 6 months. A 50-year-old woman was admitted for progressive muscular weakness. An electrodiagnostic study and muscle biopsy sampling revealed generalized active myopathy with nonspecific inflammation. It appears that Ma-huang, along with Raynaud’s phenomenon and pericardial effusion, may be a causative agent of myopathy. As such, attention should be paid to the possibility that herbal medication with Ma-huang can result in myopathy.
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KEYWORD
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Ephedra, Ma-huang, Muscular diseases
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