Colchicine myopathy and neuromyopathy: Two cases with different characteristics

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 229-232

  Cantarini, Luca ^a   Volpi, Nila ^a   Galeazzi, Mauro ^a   Giani, Teresa ^b   Fanti, Francesca ^b   Lucherini, Orso Maria ^a   Aglianò, Margherita ^a   Alessandrini, Carlo ^a   Giannini, Fabio ^a   Magi, Stefania ^c   Greco, Giuseppe ^a   Baldari, Cosima Tatiana ^a   Cimaz, Rolando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c San Domenico Hospital ASL 7   (Italy)

Author keywords

colchicine

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; GOUT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALAISE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, GOUTY; COLCHICINE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP3A; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 77955187512     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181e96342     Document Type: Article

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