Statin-induced Ro/SSa-positive subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus [10]

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 589-591

  Suchak, R ^a   Benson, K ^a   Swale, V ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Crouch Hall Road Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PRAVASTATIN; PREDNISOLONE; RO ANTIBODY; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; AUTOANTIGENS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, SMALL CYTOPLASMIC; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 34547770769     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02488.x     Document Type: Letter

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