J Clin Neurol.  2018 Jul;14(3):426-427. 10.3988/jcn.2018.14.3.426.

Near-Fatal Statin-Associated Autoimmune Myositis

• Vithayathil M
• Phung A

• KMID: 2415066
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2018.14.3.426

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Myositis*

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