Journal article
Statin-associated Autoimmune Myopathies: A Pathophysiologic Spectrum
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Statins have recently been reported to cause a rare autoimmune inflammatory and/or necrotic myopathy that begins or persists after drug cessation.
METHODS: We report on 26 patients seen at a neuromuscular centre between 2005 and 2011 who demonstrated muscle weakness/myalgias and creatine kinase elevations during or after statin treatment with continuation of signs and symptoms despite statin withdrawal.
Authors
Wu Y; Lach B; Provias JP; Tarnopolsky MA; Baker SK
Journal
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 638–647
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
September 2014
DOI
10.1017/cjn.2014.22
ISSN
0317-1671