Statin-Associated Autoimmune Myopathy.
N Engl J Med. 2016 Feb 18;374(7):664-669
Authors: Mammen AL
Abstract
Statins are widely used and lower the risk of death from cardiovascular causes. In a fraction of patients, an autoimmune myopathy may develop, characterized by the development of autoantibodies to the target enzyme, HMG-CoA reductase.
PMID: 26886523 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]