Rhabdomyolysis, called rhabdo for short, is a serious condition caused by a direct or indirect muscle injury. It happens when muscle fibers die and release their contents into your bloodstream. This ...

Rhabdomyolysis — literally, the dissolution of striped (skeletal) muscle — is characterized by the leakage of muscle-cell contents, including electrolytes, myoglobin, and other sarcoplasmic proteins ...

Credit: Shutterstock. The patient, who had a history significant for cerebral palsy, seizures, and chronic constipation, had presented complaining of 3 days of fever, nausea, vomiting, and anorexia. A ...

K-Pop idol Jang Yeojun of the boy band 'Close Your Eyes' has been hospitalised due to rhabdomyolysis at 20. It is a rare muscle injury that occurs due to the death of healthy muscle tissue and can ...

Studies have suggested that sickle cell trait elevates the risks of exertional rhabdomyolysis and death. We conducted a study of sickle cell trait in relation to these outcomes, controlling for known ...

Erythropoietin (EPO) is a well-known hormone that is clinically used for the treatment of anemia. Very recently, an increasing body of evidence showed that EPO could still regulate bioactivities of ...