Atorvastatin-induced dermatomyositis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1217-1219

  Oztas, Mert ^a   Ugurlu, Serdal ^a   Aydin, Ovgu ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atorvastatin; Dermatomyositis; Statin induced dermatomyositis

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATINE KINASE; DILTIAZEM; ENOXAPARIN; MYOGLOBIN; PRASUGREL; PREDNISOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE; GASTROSCOPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NECK; PAPULE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM; BIOPSY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85013761212     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-017-3658-9     Document Type: Article

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