Can statins cause chronic low-grade myopathy?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 617-618

  Grundy, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; STATIN;

BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036787998     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-7-200210010-00015     Document Type: Editorial

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