A case report of myopathy from consumption of red yeast rice

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-62

  Polsani, Venkateshwar R ^a   Jones, Peter H ^a   Ballantyne, Christie M ^a   Nambi, Vijay ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTRIMAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; DULOXETINE; GUGGULSTERONE; MEPREDNISONE; NATURAL PRODUCT; NICOTINIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; RIFAMPICIN; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VALPROIC ACID; VALSARTAN;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSLEXIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MONASCUS; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; PEPPER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; RICE; SIDE EFFECT; SLURRED SPEECH; THRUSH; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 39349105985     PISSN: 19332874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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