Rhabdomyolysis after simvastatin therapy in an HIV-infected patient with chronic renal failure

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 687-690

  Moro, Hiroshi ^a   Tsukada, Hiroki ^a,b   Tanuma, Atsuto ^a   Shirasaki, Arimasa ^a   Iino, Noriaki ^a   Nishibori, Takeaki ^a   Nishi, Shinichi ^a   Gejyo, Fumitake ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMLODIPINE; FLUCONAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; MECOBALAMIN; NELFINAVIR; SIMVASTATIN; STAVUDINE; SUCRALFATE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 11244326670     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2004.18.687     Document Type: Article

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