Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 97-98 , January 2008

Myopathy associated with statin therapy

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PII: S0960-8966(07)00719-5

doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2007.08.008

Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 97-98 , January 2008

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