Shoulder stiffness: A common adverse effect of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors in women?

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 817-818

  Harada, Kazuhiro ^a,b,c   Tsuruoka, Shuichi ^b   Fujimura, Akio ^b  

^a Kasaoka Daiichi Hospital   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kasaoka Daiichi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; Incidence; Pravastatin; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INCIDENCE;

EID: 0034866283     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.817     Document Type: Article

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