Myopathy due to HMGCR antibodies in adult mimicking muscular dystrophy associated with cancer and statin exposure – narrative review of the literature – case report

Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy is characterized by predominant muscle fiber necrosis and regeneration with little or no inflammation. We describe a 58-year-old woman with previous breast cancer and statin use who complained of rapidly progressive weakness of lower limbs without pain, making walking...

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Autores principales: Carvalho, Alzira Alves de Siqueira, da Silva, Vinicius Gomes, Zanoteli, Edmar, Feder, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5957055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29785116
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S162931

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5957055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29785116
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S162931

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