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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug;50(8):738-739.
doi: 10.4070/kcj.2019.0410. Epub 2020 Feb 24.

Image of Statin-Induced Rhabdomyolysis

Min Chul Kim  1 , Youngkeun Ahn  2 , Kyung Hoon Cho  1 , Doo Sun Sim  1 , Young Joon Hong  1 , Ju Han Kim  1 , Myung Ho Jeong  1
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Case Reports

Image of Statin-Induced Rhabdomyolysis

Min Chul Kim et al. Korean Circ J. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Bone scintigraphy using Tc-99m hydroxymethane diphophonate revealed increased radioisotope uptake in both upper extremity and thigh muscles at blood pooling image.
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