Statin-associated myasthenia gravis: report of 4 cases and review of the literature.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_0C789F1C8B83
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Synthèse (review): revue aussi complète que possible des connaissances sur un sujet, rédigée à partir de l'analyse exhaustive des travaux publiés.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Statin-associated myasthenia gravis: report of 4 cases and review of the literature.
Périodique
Medicine
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Purvin V., Kawasaki A., Smith K.H., Kesler A.
ISSN
0025-7974
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2006
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
85
Numéro
2
Pages
82-5
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article ; Review
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
A few recent individual case reports have suggested that a myasthenic syndrome may be associated with statin treatment, but this association is not well described. We report 4 patients who developed symptoms of myasthenia gravis within 2 weeks of starting treatment with a statin drug. In 1 case the drug appears to have exacerbated underlying myasthenic weakness, whereas in the other 3 cases, de novo antibody formation appears to be most likely. In each case, some degree of recovery followed discontinuation of the statin medication.
Mots-clé
Aged, Autoantibodies/blood, Female, Fluorobenzenes/administration & dosage, Fluorobenzenes/therapeutic use, Humans, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors/adverse effects, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors/therapeutic use, Hyperlipidemias/drug therapy, Male, Middle Aged, Myasthenia Gravis/chemically induced, Myasthenia Gravis/immunology, Pravastatin/adverse effects, Pravastatin/therapeutic use, Pyrimidines/administration & dosage, Pyrimidines/therapeutic use, Receptors, Cholinergic/immunology, Simvastatin/adverse effects, Simvastatin/therapeutic use, Sulfonamides/administration & dosage, Sulfonamides/therapeutic use
Pubmed
Web of science
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21/11/2009 18:03
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