Pokrzywnicki W, Strojek K, Grzeszczak W
Kliniki Chorób Wewnétrznych i Zawodowych w Zabrzu Slaskiej Ak. Med. w. Katowicach.
Wiad Lek. 1994 May;47(9-10):364-7.
General data is presented on myoglobin structure and function, the pathomechanism of myoglobinuria and on its main causes. Attention was also paid to the most serious result of massive rhabdomyolysis-acute renal failure, taking into account the mechanism of its development. Apart from traumatic causes of myoglobinuria and myoglobinaemia, where the usefulness of these determinations is unquestionable, certain other diseases were compared in which the determination of the concentration of this haemoprotein is of important practical aspect.
