The Australian journal of experimental biology and medical science 1985-Apr
Reversible nutritional myopathy with myotonia in the protein-deficient rat given methionine.
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Abstract
Rats fed a protein-deficient synthetic diet developed hind limb weakness caused by a myopathy with myotonic features on electromyography. Deficiency of vitamin E and selenium, known causes of nutritional myopathy, were excluded. Methionine supplementation of the diet reversed the clinical signs of weakness within 12 h.