First-degree relatives with behavioural adverse effects on statins

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Reilly, David ^a   Cham, Stephanie ^b   Golomb, Beatrice Alexandra ^b  

^a NA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NICOTINIC ACID; PERINDOPRIL; RAMIPRIL; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80055114988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.09.2011.4758     Document Type: Article

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