Statin-associated polymyalgia rheumatica. An analysis using WHO global individual case safety database: a case/non-case approach.

Statin-associated polymyalgia rheumatica. An analysis using WHO global individual case safety database: a case/non-case approach.

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether there is an association between statin use and the occurrence of polymyalgia rheumatic (PMR) in the spontaneous reporting database of the World Health Organisation (WHO). METHODS: We conducted a case/non-case study based on individual case safety reports (ICSR) in the WH...

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Main Authors: Hilda J I de Jong, Siti R F Saldi, Olaf H Klungel, Rob J Vandebriel, Patrick C Souverein, Ronald H B Meyboom, J L M Anneke Passier, Henk van Loveren, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3402515?pdf=render

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