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Atorvastatin-induced pancreatitis

Drugs account for 1–2% of all cases of pancreatitis. A 58-year-old man was prescribed atorvastatin 10 mg for 6 months for hyperlipidemia. He developed acute abdominal pain and vomiting with epigastric tenderness. Serum lipase and CT scan of the patient suggested the presence of acute pancreatitis. T...

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Autores principales: Prajapati, Samir, Shah, Samidh, Desai, Chetna, Desai, Mira, Dikshit, R.K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2959220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21206629
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.70400