STOMPing forward: Statins, muscle complaints and CK

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 256-257

  Laaksonen, Reijo ^a,b  

^a Zora Biosciences   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; Muscle function; Muscle pain; Myopathy; Statins

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CREATINE KINASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RECHALLENGE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

CREATINE KINASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE PAIN; MYOPATHY; STATINS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CREATINE KINASE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MYALGIA; PYRROLES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84884524434     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.07.044     Document Type: Note

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