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. 2015 Oct 22;373(17):1680-2.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1506163.

Intravenous Immune Globulin for Statin-Triggered Autoimmune Myopathy

Andrew L Mammen  1 , Eleni Tiniakou
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Intravenous Immune Globulin for Statin-Triggered Autoimmune Myopathy

Andrew L Mammen et al. N Engl J Med. .
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