A case of ANCA-associated systemic vasculitis induced by atorvastatin

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 75-77

  Haroon, Muhammad ^a   Devlin, Joe ^a  

^a WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ANCA; Atorvastatin; Mononeuritis multiplex; Sensorineural hearing loss; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; AZATHIOPRINE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRROLES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 56349085005     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-1020-z     Document Type: Article

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