Metabolic myopathies discovered during investigations of statin myopathy

Can J Neurol Sci. 2008 Mar;35(1):94-7. doi: 10.1017/s0317167100007630.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alleles
  • Creatine Kinase / blood
  • DNA / genetics
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • Hypercholesterolemia / complications
  • Hypercholesterolemia / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Metabolic Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Metabolic Diseases / genetics
  • Metabolic Diseases / metabolism*
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscular Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Muscular Diseases / genetics
  • Muscular Diseases / metabolism*
  • Mutation / physiology
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Pravastatin / adverse effects
  • Protein Prenylation / drug effects
  • Pyridines / adverse effects

Substances

  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Pyridines
  • DNA
  • cerivastatin
  • Creatine Kinase
  • Pravastatin