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Case Reports

Statin-associated necrotizing autoimmune myopathy

Geórgea Hermogenes FernandesDivision of Rheumatology, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Edmar ZanoteliDepartment of Neurology, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Samuel Katsuyuki ShinjoDivision of Rheumatology, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 862-864 | Received 21 Nov 2012, Accepted 17 Jan 2013, Published online: 11 Feb 2014

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