Treatment with statins and peripheral neuropathy: Results of 36-months a prospective clinical and neurophysiological follow-up

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 688-690

  Otruba, Pavel ^a   Kanovsky, Petr ^a   Hlustik, Petr ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Neurophysiology; Peripheral neuropathy; Statins

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 84857430927     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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