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Late onset necrotizing autoimmune myopathy 1 year after cessation of statin treatment

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  1. Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinik Köln, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany

    Maryam Balke, Gereon R. Fink & Gilbert Wunderlich

  2. Institut für Neuropathologie, Universitätsklinik Köln, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany

    Anna Brunn

  3. Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Kristl G. Claeys

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Balke, M., Brunn, A., Claeys, K.G. et al. Late onset necrotizing autoimmune myopathy 1 year after cessation of statin treatment. Acta Neurol Belg 119, 487–489 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-018-0985-x

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