Pravastatin-induced rhabdomyolysis in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1259-1260

  Hino, Ikuko ^a   Akama, Hideto ^a   Furuya, Takefumi ^a   Ueda, Hiroyuki ^a   Taniguchi, Atsuo ^a   Hara, Masako ^a   Kashiwazaki, Sadao ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMOTIDINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; PREDNISONE; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PRAVASTATIN; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0029896965     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390730     Document Type: Article

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