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HIPERTROFIA MUSCULAR [1 record]

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Record 1 1990-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Increase in muscle volume, usually the result of exercise or conditioning. It may also occur in hypothyroidism, congenital myotonia, congenital athetosis or familial muscular dystrophy.

OBS

Definition from DEGOD, 1981, pp. 661, 662.

OBS

Can also be due to steroid hormones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Augmentation de volume d'un muscle, résultant habituellement d'un entraînement. Elle peut aussi être secondaire à une hypothyroïdie, une myotonie congénitale, une athétose congénitale, une dystrophie musculaire familiale.

OBS

Définition d'après DEGOD-F, 1980, p. 664.

OBS

Peut aussi être secondaire à la prise d'hormones anabolisantes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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