Another side to statin-related side effects

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 478-479

  Knoblauch, Hans ^a   Schoewel, Verena ^a   Rosada, Adrian ^a   Spuler, Simone ^a   Kress, Wolfram ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CREATINE KINASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SIMVASTATIN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZNF9 GENE; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CREATINE KINASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 77951240161     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-7-201004060-00025     Document Type: Article

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