Statin-induced necrotizing autoimmune myopathy: An uncommon complication of a commonly used medication

A well-known side effect of statin therapy is myopathy. We report a case of statin induced necrotizing autoimmune myopathy, a rare variant of statin-induced myopathy. A 64-year-old gentleman on atorvastatin presented with muscle weakness. Initial laboratory results showed elevated liver function tes...

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Autores principales: Saleh, Yehia, Herzallah, Khader, Hassanein, Mohamed, Chang, Howard T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6727174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31516306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2019.08.001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6727174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31516306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2019.08.001

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