Statins and the Risk of Herpes Zoster: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Background. Statins are widely used lipid-lowering drugs with immunomodulatory properties that may favor reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus infection. However, whether statins increase the risk of herpes zoster is unknown. Methods. We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort stud...

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Autores principales: Antoniou, Tony, Zheng, Hong, Singh, Samantha, Juurlink, David N., Mamdani, Muhammad M., Gomes, Tara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3954107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24235264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit745

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3954107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24235264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit745

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