A case report of acute neuromyopathy induced by concomitant use of colchicine and bezafibrate

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 785-790

  Sugie, Masayuki ^a   Kuriki, Ayako ^b   Arai, Daisuke ^b   Ichikawa, Hiroo ^b   Kawamura, Mitsuru ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute neuromyopathy; Bezafibrate; Chronic renal failure; Colchicine

Indexed keywords

BEZAFIBRATE; COLCHICINE; MUSCLE ENZYME;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GOUT; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PARESIS; REFLEX DISORDER; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; BEZAFIBRATE; COLCHICINE; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GOUT; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 27244451800     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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