A Case Report of Statin-Induced Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy Treatment Challenges

A Case Report of Statin-Induced Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy Treatment Challenges

<p dir="ltr">Statin-induced necrotizing autoimmune myopathy is an immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy related to the use of statins. It is a very rare disease, which usually presents with proximal muscle weakness and frank elevation in creatine kinase levels. Stopping statin and the...

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Main Author: Anwar I. Joudeh (17734059) (author)
Other Authors: Mhd Kutaiba Albuni (11721777) (author), Sara Seife Hassen (14779063) (author), Phool Iqbal (12217770) (author), Elsaid Mohamed Aziz Bedair (21363563) (author), Salah Mahdi (14779066) (author)
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Biomedical and clinical sciences
Clinical sciences
Neurosciences
Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
Immune-mediated myopathy
Proximal muscle weakness
Creatine kinase elevation
Anti-HMGCR antibodies
Muscle biopsy
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