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A case of breathlessness and unexpected antibodies: stating the obvious
Ilias E Dimeas1,2,3,4, Garifallia Perlepe1,4, Paraskevi Kirgou1
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Abstract:
A patient developed breathlessness after starting pravastatin, with transient anti-HMGCR positivity and interstitial changes. Statin withdrawal led to full recovery, highlighting the importance of drug causality assessment in ILD. https://bit.ly/4rdPDZl.
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