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Rhabdomyolysis due to the additive effect of statin therapy and hypothyroidism: a case report

We describe a patient with previously undiagnosed hypothyroidism who developed rhabdomyolysis while taking a statin. He had no other precipitating factors. The statin was stopped, intravenous fluids were started immediately and L-thyroxin was given after confirming the diagnosis of hypothyroidism. H...

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Autores principales: Yeter, Ekrem, Keles, Telat, Durmaz, Tahir, Bozkurt, Engin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2170445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17996111
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-130