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SUBMITTER: Finsterer J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7429921 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Finsterer Josef J Aliyev Rahim R
F1000Research 20200113
In a recent article by Yim <i>et al.</i>, a 15-month-old male is described who experienced severe rhabdomyolysis with a creatine-kinase value (CKV) of 127494 U/l one day after intramuscular injection of an unidentified drug by the general practitioner. Rhabdomyolysis was not attributed to this injected drug but to compound heterozygous variants in LPIN1. The study has a number of shortcomings. Triggers of rhabdomyolysis should be unequivocally identified, a more extensive family history should b ...[more]