Cargando…
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...
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
|
Materias: | |
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 |
Ejemplares similares
-
Impact of a Publicly Funded Herpes Zoster Immunization Program on the Burden of Disease in Ontario, Canada: A Population-based Study
por: Martins, Diana, et al.
Publicado: (2020) -
Safety of valproic acid in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population-based cohort study
por: Antoniou, Tony, et al.
Publicado: (2015) -
Risk of incident diabetes among patients treated with statins: population based study
por: Carter, Aleesa A, et al.
Publicado: (2013) -
Gabapentin, opioids, and the risk of opioid-related death: A population-based nested case–control study
por: Gomes, Tara, et al.
Publicado: (2017) -
The Impact of Drug Reimbursement Policy on Rates of Testosterone Replacement Therapy among Older Men
por: Piszczek, Jolanta, et al.
Publicado: (2014)