Colchicine-induced myopathy with normal creatine phosphokinase level in a renal transplant patient

Nephron

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 922-924

  Çaǧlar, Kayser ^a   Safali, Mükerrem ^a   Yavuz, Izzet ^a   Odabaşi, Zeki ^a   Yenicesu, Müjdat ^a   Vural, Abdülgaffar ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Myopathy; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FATIGUE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COLCHICINE; CREATINE KINASE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 12244268697     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065439     Document Type: Article

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