Rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury secondary to interaction between simvastatin and cyclosporine

Renal Failure

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1056-1057

  Scarfia, Rosalia Viviana ^a   Clementi, Anna ^a   Granata, Antonio ^a  

^a SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

AKI; Cyclosporine; Rhabdomyolysis; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; CASE REPORT; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIMVASTATIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84880317056     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0886022X.2013.810540     Document Type: Letter

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