Successful reintroduction of statin therapy after myositis: Was there another cause?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 472-473

  Rando, Leo P ^a   Cording, Sarah A L ^a   Newnham, Harvey H ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SIMVASTATIN; THYROXINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MYOSITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

EID: 2442506938     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06030.x     Document Type: Article

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