Simvastatin-induced dermatomyositis in a 50-year-old man

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zaraa, Inés Rania ^a   Labbène, Imen ^a   Mrabet, Dalila ^a   Zribi, Hela ^a   Chelly, Inès ^a   Zitouna, Mohamed ^a   Mokni, Mourad ^a   Sellami, Slaheddine ^a   Osman, Amel Ben ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; CREATINE KINASE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METFORMIN; PREDNISONE; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ERYTHEMA; EYELID EDEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; TELANGIECTASIA;

EID: 79955565850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.02.2011.3832     Document Type: Article

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