Myotoxicity of Lipid-Lowering Agents in a Teenager With MELAS Mutation

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 426-428

  Tay, Stacey K H ^a   DiMauro, Salvatore ^b   Pang, Aileen Y W ^a   Lai, Poh San ^a   Yap, Hui Kim ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; MEVINOLIN; NICOTINIC ACID; UBIDECARENONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLOMERULOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIMB SWELLING; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CREATINE KINASE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOVASTATIN; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUTATION;

EID: 56249115231     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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