LOVASTATIN-INDUCED ACUTE RHABDOMYOLYSIS

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作者
KOGAN, AD [1 ]
ORENSTEIN, S [1 ]
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[1] ST FRANCIS HOSP, EVANSTON, IL 60202 USA
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10.1136/pgmj.66.774.294
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Severe rhabdomyolysis complicated by respiratory and renal failure developed three weeks after initiation of low dose lovastatin therapy in a 79 year old, non-immunocompromised patient. The concomitant use of gemfibrozil may increase the risk of this complication.
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