Chronic Onset Form of Anti-HMG-CoA Reductase Myopathy
We report a case of anti-HMGCR myopathy mimicking limb-girdle muscular dystrophy in a 27-year-old male patient with no history of statin intake and presenting with a chronic onset form over 3 years. Treatment with prednisone and methotrexate was initiated with an insufficient response, so intravenou...
Main Authors: | Noel Lorenzo Villalba, Emmanuel Andrés, Alain Meyer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SMC MEDIA SRL
2021-06-01
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Series: | European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine |
Online Access: | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/2672 |
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