Rhabdomyolysis induced by simvastatin and ketoconazole treatment

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 295-297

  Gilad, Ronit ^a   Lampl, Yair ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ketoconazole; Myopathy; Rhabdomylosis; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; KETOCONAZOLE; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETOCONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 0032752954     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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