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hydroxychloroquine and Adult Onset Nemaline Myopathy

hydroxychloroquine has been researched along with Adult Onset Nemaline Myopathy in 1 studies

Hydroxychloroquine: A chemotherapeutic agent that acts against erythrocytic forms of malarial parasites. Hydroxychloroquine appears to concentrate in food vacuoles of affected protozoa. It inhibits plasmodial heme polymerase. (From Gilman et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed, p970)
hydroxychloroquine : An aminoquinoline that is chloroquine in which one of the N-ethyl groups is hydroxylated at position 2. An antimalarial with properties similar to chloroquine that acts against erythrocytic forms of malarial parasites, it is mainly used as the sulfate salt for the treatment of lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and light-sensitive skin eruptions.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"A woman with systemic lupus erythematosus developed severe myopathy after a septicemic episode, and her treatment before admission was hydroxychloroquine sulfate and prednisolone."1.30Hydroxychloroquine myopathy. ( Richards, AJ, 1998)

Research

Studies (1)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's1 (100.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Richards, AJ1

Other Studies

1 other study available for hydroxychloroquine and Adult Onset Nemaline Myopathy

ArticleYear
Hydroxychloroquine myopathy.
    The Journal of rheumatology, 1998, Volume: 25, Issue:8

    Topics: Aged; Antirheumatic Agents; Female; Humans; Hydroxychloroquine; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic; Myopa

1998