Experience with statin use in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection.
We reviewed the liver enzymes of patients with chronic hepatitis C infection currently taking statin drugs. We found no significant elevation of liver enzymes during statin treatment of the 17 patients reviewed.
Gibson
Kimberly
K
Flagstaff Medical Center, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
Rindone
Joseph P
JP
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