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How common is rhabdomyolysis in patients receiving lipid-lowering therapy?

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boxed-textGraham DJ et al. (2004) Incidence of hospitalized rhabdomyolysis in patients treated with lipid-lowering drugs. JAMA 292: 2585–2590

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